Lysandros Kaftanzoglou

Lysandros Kaftanzoglou (Greek: Λύσανδρος Καυτανζόγλου, 1811 – 1885), was a Greek architect[1] of the 19th century and Chancellor of the National Technical University of Athens.

Lysandros Kaftanzoglou

He was born in Thessaloniki. During the massacres of the Greek community in 1821 by the Ottomans, his family left for Marseille. He later studied architecture in Rome.

He worked in independent Greece and designed buildings in Athens and other cities.

Some of his works include:

• The building of the National Technical University of Athens.
• The old St Andrew church in Patras.
• The old building of Arsakeion, Athens (today houses the Council of State).
• Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite
• St Irene church, Athens
• Ophthalmological Hospital, Athens
• St Constantine church, Omonoia, Athens

The Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki is named after him.

Gallery

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  Entrance of the National Technical University of Athens
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  The old St Andrew church, Patras
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  St. Dionysius the Areopagite, Athens
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  St Irene church, Aiolou street, Athens
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  Arsakeion

References

1. getty.edu

Sources

• Λύσανδρος Καυταντζόγλου biography