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The Blue Condominium of Exarcheia

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The building actually consists of two independent six-floor buildings that are joined at the top floor. Particular care was given to the design and construction of the common areas such as the two entry halls, concierge desks, corridors, staircases, laundry, and the meeting room on the top floor. The
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meeting room was later separated into seven new apartments, thus increasing their number from 32 to 39. The original designs included a pool, but its construction was never completed. On the ground floor used to be the café "Floral".
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and was built in 1932–1933 for Kyriakos Panagiotakos, the architect who designed the building. Being a very important example of
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had attempted three times to blow up the building. The Blue Condominium can be seen in Greek films like
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dictatorship and World War II the building housed the counterintelligence organization "
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Through time, notable people have lived in the Blue Condominium such as
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It was an innovative and distinctive building of that era. When
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Index


Greek
Polykatoikia
Exarcheia
Athens
Exarcheia square
modern architecture in Athens
Le Corbusier
CIAM
Leonidas Kyrkos
Renos Apostolidis
Sofia Vembo
Lili Zografou
Dionysios Solomos
Dimitris Horn
Alexis Minotis
Katina Paxinou
Evaggelos Meimarakis
Metaxas
Midas 614
Ioannis Tsigantes
Dekemvriana
Greek People's Liberation Army

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37°59′12″N 23°44′07″E / 37.9866°N 23.7354°E / 37.9866; 23.7354
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