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Biography
The residence
Η Διαθήκη
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The residence
 Two-storied
stone-built building, characterized by the symmetry of its facets, the
formation balance of its mass, the clarity of its architectural forms and
the distinctness of its particular neoclassic morphological elements.
Another characteristic element is the peristyle arcade that is formed
on the ground-floor and shapes a balcony on the upper floor.
The building stands in the middle of a garden with pebble-paved corridors,
three water reservoirs, a hen-coop, a dovecote and a furnace.
The construction study was conducted by the architect P. Zizilas who
was given precise directions: "to build a mansion similar to an ancient
Egyptian palace or temple."
The construction works begun in 1903 and less than a year later the
island Spetses acquired its most dazzling building. It housed the residence
of Sotirios Anargyros until his death (Dec. 18, 1918).
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 In 1929, the Nauphlion Court of Justice adjudicated the mansion΄s property
to the Anargyrios & Korgialenios School of Spetses.
By a ministerial decree of 1986, the building was identified as a work
of art and a preserved monument because of its significant architectural
and morphological interest, being a remarkable and representative sample
of the early 20th century architecture in Spetses that served as the residence
of the national and local benefactor, Sotirios Anargyros.
In 1990, the Ministry of Environment, City Planning and Public Works
has assumed the task to inscribe a restoration study for the monument and
in 1991 the Ministry of Culture approved the first stage of the restoration
works in the building΄s upper chamber, which was completed in 1995.
The mansion is currently under reconstruction to be used by the Anargyrios
& Korgialenios School
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