Lela Karagianni House, Resistance leader residence in Kypseli, Greece
The Lela Karagianni House is a two-storey building from 1923 at the corner of Lelas Karagianni 1 and Stavropoulou streets, near Amerikis Square in Athens. It is listed since 1995 as a historic monument, cited as a notable example of late eclectic architecture. A marble memorial plaque placed by the Municipality of Athens in 1987 stands on its facade.
The house was built in 1923 and became a center for resistance activities during World War II against German occupation. Lela Karagianni ran her Bouboulina resistance cell from this location and became a key figure in the liberation movement.
The street that passes the house, formerly Limnou, was renamed Lelas Karagianni in her honour, from Stavropoulou to Fokionos Negri. A marble plaque placed by the Municipality of Athens in 1987 on the facade records that the heroine of the Occupation lived here and used the house as her headquarters; it states she was executed on 8 September 1944.
The house stands at the corner of Lelas Karagianni and Stavropoulou streets, near Amerikis Square in Athens. It is a listed historic monument owned by the Municipality of Athens, so it is seen from the street rather than entered as a museum. Look for the marble plaque placed on the facade in 1987.
A marble memorial plaque placed by the Municipality of Athens in 1987 on the facade records that Lela Karagianni lived and used the house as her headquarters and was executed on 8 September 1944. The street, formerly Limnou, was renamed after her between Stavropoulou and Fokionos Negri.
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