: planning the myth Bastéa, Eleni creator text New York Cambridge University Press c2000 monographic eng

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xix, 280 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. 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. / Eleni Bastéa. Bib and Ref City Planning--greece--athens--history--19th Century 711.4 BAS 9780521641203 250804 20250804150954.0