A world famous urban planner, who came to Athens from Bulgaria with the outbreak of World War I.
Panos Nikoli Djelepis was born in Constantinople in 1894. His father, Nikolis, was an architect in the palace of Sultan Abdul Hamid.
Nikolaos Valsamakis is one of the most important representatives of the Greek postwar architecture. He was born in Athens in 1924 and studied at the National Technical University of Athens.
Pavlos Mylonas was born in Athens in 1915. His family members consisted of his mother, Elli Mylona, and his father, Miltiadis Mylonas, who was a public work inspector.
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
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In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris