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The Creation Of Modern Athens : planning the myth
Bastéa, Eleni
The Creation Of Modern Athens : planning the myth / Eleni Bastéa. - New York Cambridge University Press c2000 - xix, 280 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index
The Creation of Modern Athens: Planning the Myth is the first book to examine the urban development of Athens in the nineteenth century. By following two parallel processes - the building of the new capital and the construction of a new national Greek identity - Bastea demonstrates that Athens's elaborate urban design and civic architecture, although initiated by foreign-trained architects, reflected both international neoclassical ideals as well as the national aspirations of the modern Greek nation.
9780521641203
City Planning--greece--athens--history--19th Century
711.4 / BAS
The Creation Of Modern Athens : planning the myth / Eleni Bastéa. - New York Cambridge University Press c2000 - xix, 280 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index
The Creation of Modern Athens: Planning the Myth is the first book to examine the urban development of Athens in the nineteenth century. By following two parallel processes - the building of the new capital and the construction of a new national Greek identity - Bastea demonstrates that Athens's elaborate urban design and civic architecture, although initiated by foreign-trained architects, reflected both international neoclassical ideals as well as the national aspirations of the modern Greek nation.
9780521641203
City Planning--greece--athens--history--19th Century
711.4 / BAS