Maximos Mansion, Official residence in central Athens, Greece
Maximos Mansion is a government residence in central Athens facing Irodou Attikou Street. Columns rise through two stories, balconies with wrought-iron railings surround the main facade, and a small manicured garden separates the building from the sidewalk.
A Greek shipowner commissioned architect Ioannis Despotopoulos to design the property in 1924. The government acquired the building in 1941 and it became the seat of the executive four decades later.
The residence takes its name from Dimitrios Maximos, a postwar prime minister whose family used the property. Today security guards stand at the wrought-iron gates and neighboring buildings house government administrative offices.
The building sits about a ten-minute walk from Syntagma Square on a quiet side street. Access to the courtyard is not permitted but the opposite sidewalk and nearby green spaces offer views of the facade.
Inside hangs a collection of 19th-century Greek paintings on the walls. The artworks were donated by private collectors and depict scenes of independent Greece after Ottoman rule.
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