Athens City Museum (Vouros-Eutaxias Foundation) is an art museum and former royal residence in
Athens, Greece. It houses a collection of Athens-related items collected by art collector (1905-1996).
The collection includes antiquities, Byzantine art, sculptures, paintings, drawings, photographs and metal, glass and textile works. It also includes furniture arranged in typical living rooms of the Athenian aristocracy of the 19th century.
This building was the first royal palace of Greece under the reign of
King Otto of Greece
Otto (, ; 1 June 181526 July 1867) was a Bavarian prince who ruled as King of Greece from the establishment of the monarchy on 27 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed on 23 October 1862.
The second son of King Lud ...
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[John Van der Kiste, Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863–1974 (Sutton Publishing, 1994).]
References
External links
Official websiteCity of Athenswww.greece-museums.com
Museums in Athens
Royal residences in Greece
City museums
Art museums and galleries in Greece
Houses completed in 1831
Museums established in 1973
1973 establishments in Greece
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