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The First Cemetery of Athens (Greek: Πρώτο Νεκροταφείο Αθηνών, Próto Nekrotafeío Athinón) is the official cemetery of the City of Athens and the first to be built. It opened in 1837 and soon became a prestigious cemetery for Greeks and foreigners.
4 mag 2018 · It’s the city’s official cemetery and was only founded in 1837, not long after the modern Greek state was established. As such, it’s the oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens. Like much of ...
The official and oldest cemetery of Athens. The resting place of eminent politicians, actors, architects, artists and other historical figures. When was it built. In 1837, shortly after the founding of the modern Greek state. Craftsmen of the island of Tinos built this esteemed burial ground using fine marble from Athens’ Mount Pendeli.
The First Cemetery was established in 1837, just a few years after the liberation of Athens from the Ottomans, when burial was officially forbidden in churches within the city centre. Each municipality had to construct its own cemetery, at least 100 metres away from the city, which back then must have felt far away, though today they have been ...
The First Cemetery of Athens (A Koimitirio Athinon) was founded around 1837, when Athens was also established as the capital city of the modern Greek state. About the cemetery. The First Cemetery of Athens spreads on the slope of the Ardittos hill, close to the Panathinaiko Stadium.
Averoff's grave in the First Cemetery of Athens. Statue commemorating Averoff in Athens. George M. Averoff (15 August 1815 – 15 July 1899), alternately Jorgos Averof or Georgios Averof (in Greek: Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ), was a Greek businessman and philanthropist. He is one of the great national benefactors of Greece.
Established in the 1830s, shortly after the founding of the modern Greek state, the First Cemetery of Athens is the final resting place for many prominent figures in Greek public life, including statesmen, artists, writers, and philanthropists.
