Serpieri Mansion, Neoclassical mansion in Panepistimiou Street, Athens, Greece.
The Serpieri Mansion stands at the corner of Panepistimiou and Edouardou Lo streets in Athens. The military engineer and architect Anastasios Theofilas designed and built it around 1875, completing construction in 1881. Its Panepistimiou facade has three doors of different character, and two further entrances on the right, the second of which led to the garden and admitted the carriages bringing owners and guests.
The mansion was designed and built by military engineer and architect Anastasios Theofilas, born in Zakynthos in 1827, with construction completed in 1881. It served as the Athens residence of Italian mining entrepreneur Giovanni Battista Serpieri, born in Rimini in 1832, who ran the Lavrio mines from 1864 and died in the house in 1897. In 1929 the newly founded Agricultural Bank of Greece bought it and added a third floor, plus a small fourth floor at the rear on Edouardou Lo Street, without altering the exterior decoration.
The mansion was built for multiple uses: a residence, a business address, a venue for large gatherings and a means of social display. On the Panepistimiou facade three doors have different characters, and a second entrance on the right led to the garden, used by the carriages bringing owners and guests.
The mansion stands at the corner of Panepistimiou and Edouardou Lo streets, opposite the Academy of Athens. The main facade on Panepistimiou has three doors of different character, with two more entrances on the right; the second of these led to the garden and admitted carriages. The building is not open to the public, so it is seen from the street.
The mansion was built for multiple uses: besides a residence, it served as a business address and a venue for large gatherings. On the Panepistimiou facade, three doors have different characters, and a second entrance on the right led to the garden, where carriages brought owners and guests.
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