01037nam a22001697a 450000500170000000800410001702000230005804100080008108200150008910000200010424500750012426000480019930000360024750400160028352005110029965000570081020250804150954.0250804b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780521641203qhbk  aeng  a711.4bBAS  aBastéa, Eleni  aThe Creation Of Modern Athens b: planning the mythc/ Eleni Bastéa.  aNew YorkbCambridge University Presscc2000  axix, 280 p. b: ill. c; 26 cm.  aBib and Ref  aThe 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.  aCity Planning--greece--athens--history--19th Century