Mycenaean Revival is a rare revival architectural style developed as part of the twentieth century

neoclassicist Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...

architectural revival in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

.Tour of Nafplio
Syndagma Square. The

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Nafplio Nafplio ( ell, Ναύπλιο) is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece and it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important touristic destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the ...

, built near the heart of the Mycenaean civilization in the 1930s by the architect Nikolaos Zouboulidis,Tour of Nafplio
Syndagma Square. is built in Mycenaean Revival, or neo-Mycenaean style.Greece At Its Most Greek, by Phyllis Rose, 2000-09-10, New York Times

/ref> The door of the bank is an evocation of the form of the

Lion Gate Lion Gate ( el, Πύλη των Λεόντων) is the popular modern name for the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in southern Greece. It was erected during the thirteenth century BC, around 1250 BC, in the northwestern side o ...

and the Tomb of Clytemnestra at

Mycenae Mycenae ( ; grc, Μυκῆναι or , ''Mykē̂nai'' or ''Mykḗnē'') is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about south-west of Athens; north of Argos; and south of Corinth. ...

. The form of the columns is copied from the column on the

, and the building is painted in colors used at Mycenae.

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