Old Royal Palace
Athens Municipality, Greece
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Old Royal Palace stands on Syntagma Square in central Athens, Greece, and is the first royal palace of modern Greece. Designed in the Neoclassical style by the Bavarian architect Friedrich von Gärtner for King Otto I, it was built between 1836 and 1843 of marble, including Carrara marble. It has housed the Hellenic Parliament since 1929.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- palace, parliament building
- Materials
- marble, Carrara marble, stone, wood
- Heritage
- archaeological site in Greece
- Place
- Athens Municipality, Greece
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