Ernst Moritz Theodor Ziller (; , ''Ernestos Tsiller'' ; 22 June 1837 – 4 November 1923) was a German-born university teacher and architect who later became a

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national. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he was a major designer of royal and municipal buildings in

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, and other Greek cities.

Biography

Ziller was born in the rural community of Serkowitz in the district of

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in the

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. After graduating from the

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in 1858, he went to work for Danish architect Theophilus Hansen. In 1861, Hansen sent him to Athens. In 1872 he was appointed a professor at the Royal School of Arts, now

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. He was married to a Greek wife, Sofia Doudou. His daughter Iosifina Dimas-Ziller (1885-1965) was an impressionist painter. In 1885, he designed a three-story mansion where his family resided until 1912. Now known as the Ziller mansion, the residence was later acquired by Greek banker Dionysios P. Loverdos (1878–1934). Ziller died in Athens and was buried at the

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List of buildings

Below is a list of buildings designed by Ernst Ziller.

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* Andreas Syngros mansion (now

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) * Church of

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* Hotels "Megas Alexandros" and "Bakeion", Omonoia Square * ''Iliou Melathron'' (now Numismatic Museum of Athens) * Mela Megaron * National Chemistry Institute of Greece (at the

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) *

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* Old building of the

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* Old headquarters building of the National Bank of Greece * Peloponnese Railway Station * Presidential Mansion * Stathatos Mansion * Thon mansion (destroyed during the

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) * Villa Atlantis * Loverdo Museum (former Ziller mansion, Academy Street 58a)

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* Transfiguration of Jesus church in

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, West Attica * Royal palace in Tatoi

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* Archaeological Museum of Aigion (old Municipal market) * Cathedral Church of Panagia Faneromeni * Church of Esodia of Theotokos * Church of St. Andrew

Argos

* Municipal Market of Argos

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* City Hall of

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* Parthenagogeio (Girls School) of

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Apollon Theatre (Patras) ''For the theatre in Harlem, see the Apollo Theatre'' The Apollon Theatre (Greek: ''θέατρο "Απόλλων'' ''Theatro Apollon'') is a theatre in Patras, Patras, Greece. Designed by the famous Germany, German architect Ernst Ziller, it ...

* Perivolaropoulos mansion

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* Metaxa Mansion

Pyrgos

* Archaeological Museum of Pyrgos (old Municipal Market) * Municipal Theater of Pyrgos * Old City Hall * Railway station of Pyrgos

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City Hall

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* Greek consulate in

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(today the Museum for the Macedonian Struggle) * Metropolitan Church of Saint Gregory Palamas * Metropolis building * Theageneio Hospital

Others

* Archaeological Museum of

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* Court House of Tripoli * Church of Sainte Marina, Velo,

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* Metropolitan Theater of

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* Railway station of Olympia * Former City Hall of

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* Former Primary School of

(now town hall) * Marble fountain of 1872 at

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Architectural supervision

* Academy of Athens *

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, renovation

Gallery

File:Εθνικό Θέατρο Αθηνών 9854.jpg,

File:PATRAS2006 006 edited.jpg, Apollon Theatre,

File:Μέγαρο Μελά 9724.jpg, Melas Mansion, Athens File:Numismatic Museum of Athens 2011.JPG, Numismatic Museum of Athens File:Metropolitan Theater, Zakynthos City, Greece 02.jpg, Metropolitan Theater of

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File:Dimotiki agora Pyrgos01.jpg, Old municipal market of

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File:Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) by Joy of Museums.jpg, Museum for the Macedonian Struggle,

File:Μέγαρο Γεωργίου Στράτου - Εθνική Τράπεζα 1249.jpg, The old headquarters building of the National Bank of Greece File:Ι.Ν. Φανερωμένης Αιγίου.JPG, Panagia Faneromeni Church,

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File:TripoliGreece7.jpg, The Court House of Tripoli File:RathausGythio.JPG, City Hall of

References

Sources

*Friedbert Ficker (2003). ''Ernst Ziller – ein sächsischer Architekt und Bauforscher in Griechenland: Die Familie Ziller Taschenbuc''. Allgäu: Der Kunstverlag Josef Fink. .

External links

Ernst Ziller exhibit at National Gallery, 22/03/2010 - 15/10/2010

Ziller-Loverdos” Residence, Athens, Greece
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ziller, Ernst 1837 births 1923 deaths People from Radebeul People from the Kingdom of Saxony 19th-century German architects 20th-century German architects Naturalized citizens of Greece German emigrants to Greece Academic staff of the National Technical University of Athens Burials at the First Cemetery of Athens