There are still people who swear this library is cursed and vow to never visit
in southern Athens uncovered a mass grave containing the skeletons of 80 people who were likely tortured to death in the seventh century B.C. The skeletons, which archaeologists believe to be the remains of political rebels who launched an attempted coup to take over Athens in 632 B.C., were lined up one after the other, some in chains. Tortured remains of seventh-century B.C.
It replaces the old National Library, housed in a beautiful but cramped neoclassical building of the 19th century designed by Theophil Hansen, a peripatetic Danish architect who was also responsible for designing the Austrian National Parliament in Vienna. The old library was located on Panepistimiou Street in central Athens, part of the celebrated “Neoclassical Trilogy” together with the Academy of Athens and the University of Athens.
And what of the library itself? In a city where contemporary architecture has tended towards the gloomy, the grimy or the obtuse, what a joy to see something so well-designed, friendly, and inviting. The building’s simple, clean lines and rooftop park allow it to blend in with its environment and—notably—it adheres to Athens’ strict height requirements for buildings, appearing unusually squat and demure.
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