Ernst Moritz Theodor Ziller ( el, Ερνέστος Τσίλλερ, ''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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. 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-Ziller. 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

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Below is a list of buildings designed by Ernst Ziller.

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mansion (now

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) * Church of

Saint Luke Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...

* Hotels "Megas Alexandros" and "Bakeion",

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* ''Iliou Melathron'' (now

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) *

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(at the

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) *

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* Old building of the

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* Old headquarters building of the

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* Peloponnese Railway Station * Presidential Mansion *

Stathatos Mansion The Stathatos building (''Megaron Stathatou'') is a neoclassical villa on the Vasilissis Sofias Avenue. It was built in 1895 by the Saxon-Greek architect Ernst Ziller for the Stathatos Family. History The house was donated by the Stathatos fami ...

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(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

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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

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* 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, Greece. Designed by the famous German architect Ernst Ziller, it was completed in ...

* 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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Hermes

"), is a to ...

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

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* Church of Sainte Marina,

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* Metropolitan Theater of

Zakynthos Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; el, Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos ; it, Zacinto ) or Zante (, , ; el, Τζάντε, Tzánte ; from the Venetian form) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Za ...

* Railway station of

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* 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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Panathinaiko Stadium The Panathenaic Stadium ( el, Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο, Panathinaïkó Stádio, ), as spelled by Philostratus. or ''Kallimarmaro'' (Καλλιμάρμαρο, , lit. "beautiful marble") is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. O ...

, renovation

Gallery

File:National Theatre - panoramio (2).jpg,

File:PATRAS2006 006 edited.jpg, Apollon Theatre,

File:Μέγαρο Μελά 9724.jpg, Melas Mansion, Athens File:Numismatic Museum of Athens 2011.JPG,

File:Metropolitan Theater, Zakynthos City, Greece 02.jpg, Metropolitan Theater of

Zakynthos (city) Zakynthos ( el, Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos ) or Zante ( el, Τζάντε, Tzánte), is a city and a former municipality on the island of Zakynthos, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Za ...

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

Pyrgos, Elis Pyrgos ( el, Πύργος, meaning "tower") is a city in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece, capital of the regional unit of Elis and the seat of the Municipality of Pyrgos. The city is located in the middle of a plain, from the Ionian Sea. The ...

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

File:Ι.Ν. Φανερωμένης Αιγίου.JPG, Panagia Faneromeni Church,

Aigio Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' ( el, Αίγιο, Aígio, ; la, Aegium), is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipali ...

File:TripoliGreece7.jpg, The Court House of

File:RathausGythio.JPG, City Hall of

References

Other 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 National Technical University of Athens faculty 19th-century German architects 20th-century German architects Naturalized citizens of Greece German emigrants to Greece Burials at the First Cemetery of Athens Architects from Athens