Anastasios Orlandos ( el, Αναστάσιος Ορλάνδος, 23 December 1887 – 6 October 1979) was a

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architect and historian of architecture.

Biography

A descendant of

Ioannis Orlandos Ioannis Orlandos ( el, Ιωάννης Ορλάνδος) was a Greek politician and revolutionary who participated in the Greek War of Independence. Early life and Greek Revolution His father Constantinos-Anagnostis Orlandos came from Spetses to ...

, Anastasios was born and died in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

. He studied as a civil engineer in the

National Technical University of Athens The National (Metsovian) Technical University of Athens (NTUA; el, Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο, ''National Metsovian Polytechnic''), sometimes known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest higher education institution ...

, and completed his studies in archaeology at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

, where he later served as a professor. He was among the leading researchers in ancient and Byzantine architecture, and responsible for the restoration of many ancient and medieval monuments throughout the country. He was also chairman of the Academy of Athens in 1950, and from 1951 until his death secretary of the

Archaeological Society of Athens The Archaeological Society of Athens (Greek: Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία) is an independent learned society. Also termed the Greek Archaeological Society, it was founded in 1837 by Konstantinos Bellios, just a fe ...

Writings

* ''Το αέτωμα του εν Σουνίω ναού του Ποσειδώνος.'' in: ''Archaiologikon Deltion'' 1, 1915, 1-27. * ''Ο εν στρατώ της Ακαρνανίας ναός του Διός'', 1924 * ''Μοναστηριακή αρχιτεκτονική.'' 1927, 2nd Edition 1958 * ''Monuments byzantines de Chios.'' 1930 * ''Μεσαιωνικά μνημεία της πεδιάδος των Αθηνών και των κλιτυών Υμηττού – Πεντελικού, Πάρνηθος και Αιγάλεω'', 1933 * ''Συμβολή στη βυζαντινή αρχιτεκτονική.'' 1937 * ''Αρχείον των βυζαντινών μνημείων της Ελλάδος.'' 12 volumes, 1937–1973 * ''Η ξυλόστεγος παλαιοχριστιανική βασιλική της μεσογειακής λεκάνης.'' 3 volumes, 1952–1954 * ''Τα υλικά δομής των αρχαίων Ελλήνων και οι τρόποι εφαρμογής αυτών κατά τους συγγραφείς, τας επιγραφάς και τα μνημεία'', 1955 * ''Η Παρηγορήτισσα της Άρτης.'' 1963 * ''Les matériaux de construction et la technique architecturale des anciens Grecs.'' 2 volumes, de Boccard, Paris 1966–1968. * ''Η αρχιτεκτονική του Παρθενώνος.'' 3 volumes, 1977 * ''Λεξικόν αρχαίων ελληνικών αρχιτεκτονικών όρων.'' 1986

References

External links

Library and Information Centre of the University of Crete

Biblionet database entry
1887 births 1979 deaths Architects from Athens Archaeologists from Athens Greek Byzantinists National Technical University of Athens alumni National and Kapodistrian University of Athens faculty Members of the Academy of Athens (modern) Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Architectural historians Herder Prize recipients 20th-century archaeologists Byzantine archaeologists {{Greece-bio-stub