New Hellenic parliament in Athens

Neues Hellenisches Parlament in Athen IMG

The building now occupied by the Greek parliament was designed by the German architect Friedrich von Gärtner (1791–1847) and completed in 1843. It was originally the residence of the Greek monarchs, but has been used by parliament since 1934.

Friedrich von Gärtner (1791–1847), Hellenic parliament in Athens, colour photograph, 2007, photographer: Gerard McGovern; source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hellenic_Parliament_from_high_above.jpg Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY SA 2.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/.