Metaxourgeio

Metaxourgio (Greek Μεταξουργείο (n. sg. ) ) Or Metaxourgeio is a neighborhood of Athens. The neighborhood is located south of the historical center of Athens, between the east and Kerameikos Colonus in the west, and north of Gazi.

History

Metaxourgio was built on the Dimosio Sima, the ancient cemetery of Athens bedeutendene citizens. Until the 19th century, the area was rural. This changed with the establishment of the silk factory (Greek Metaxourgio ). Near the factory to craft shops and settled, as well as workers' dwellings were built. In the 1970s and 1980s, the district neglected. Buildings were not restored, the district suffered from a high traffic load, while at the same time closed factories and craft shops.

By 2000, the population of the district had stabilized, mainly due to an influx of immigrants both as well as by members of the upper middle class. From renovation grants for apartment buildings in the millennium also benefited the district, generally put a gentrification, which has not yet been completed. After a long period of neglect in the late 20th century, the area began due to the opening of art galleries, museums and trendy restaurants and cafes, the reputation of an artist and to gain fashion district. In addition, initiatives of local residents with the aim to beautify the neighborhood, and to revive, can grow strong the sense of community and artistic expression again. Since January 2000, the district is connected with the same station on Line 2 of the Athens Metro.

Attractions

Galleries

• Municipal Gallery of Athens - This 1500m ² full gallery is housed in a renovated building of Hans Christian Hansen from the 19th century since 27 October 2010.
• Rebecca Camhi Gallery - opened in 1995 and housed in a neoclassical building in the street Leonidou, this gallery is distinguished by contemporary art in all media.
• The Breeder - Located in the Evmorfopoulou 6, includes contemporary art.

Theater

• Kunsthalle Athena - provides an open space, the theater and music performances; in the Kerameikou 28
• Metaxourgio - A multi-purpose space for performances of all kinds in the Akadimou 16, offers theater, music bar and restaurant.
• Theatro Attis - Contemporary theater in the 7th Leonidou
• Synergio - Contemporary theater in the Leonidou 15
• Theatro Tis Anixis - Germanikou 20

Architecture and street art

During a tour of Metaxourgio to rise, fall and resurrection of the district shows through its architecture and art. The narrow streets and occasional cobblestone walkways help to create a village-like atmosphere. Large and monotonous houses stand next to decaying, abandoned buildings that have frills -like neoclassical elements. Some of the latter are preserved and restored as a stage rooms and restaurants from ruin. Street art is everywhere, ranging from the contributions of professional artists during the ReMap2 project to the work of anonymous artists who have the brick walls, ready for construction buildings and public green areas added interesting details.

Famous people

• Alekos Fassianos ( born 1935) is a distinguished and celebrated Greek painter, whose latest work, "The myth of my district " in the metro station Metaxourgeio is issued. Since his first exhibition in Athens 1953, he has more than 70 exhibitions dedicated to him in Paris, Athens, Thessaloniki, Milan, New York, London, Tokyo, Beirut, Hamburg, Munich and experienced elsewhere. Besides painting he is working on writing, poster designs, the illustration of books and various publications in Greece and abroad.
• Anthony Samarakis was born in 1919 in Athens. He studied law at Athens University. He has become not only active as a writer, but also as a concerned citizen in the events known by its enormous social commitment.
• Vicky Moscholiou is a famous Greek singer, born 1943 in Metaxourgeio. They told her a ' special ' voice after. She became famous in 1964 with Stavros Xarhakos ' song " Hathike to feggari " ( The moon is lost ), which was composed for the film Lola. After two of her hits nightclubs are named in Athens, " Deilina " ( afternoons ) and " Ximeromata " ( dawn ). As one of the first in Greece, she sang both in nightclubs as well as in concerts and she has also sung at the royal courts of Greece, Persia and Jordan.
• Giorgos Zampetas was born in 1925 in Metaxourgeio and is considered one of the greatest bouzouki player, also recognized as a composer and singer. He showed interest in music at a young age when he played secretly in his father's hair salon on the bouzouki. At seven, he won a school competition by playing his first self- composed song.
• Tassos Livaditis ( April 1922 - October 1988) was a born in Metaxourgeio poet whose poems obtained by the settings of the composer Mikis Theodorakis celebrity.
• Sotiris Spathari was born in 1892 on the island of Santorini. Even in childhood, his parents moved into the quarter Metaxourgeio in Athens, where he learned of Theodoros Theodorellos, a pupil of Mimaros, the art of shadow theater. Started in 1950 Spathari to write his memoirs, which were first published in 1960 and historians offered rich material to origins and development of the shadow theater. He died on 17 April 1974.
• Aristomenis Provelengios (1914-1999) is a celebrated Greek architect, who was president of the Hellenic Institute of Architects for a period of time from 1962. One of his works, which can still be seen today, is Au Revoir in Patission Street, one of the last of the old local cafes.
• Zeta Makripoulia ( born 1978) is an actress, television presenter and radio DJ. After she had already occurred in a significant number of TV series and plays, she was known by the success of the TV series Para Pente a wide audience. Between 2008 and 2010 she starred in three feature films. One of her television appearances, which was broadcast around the world, was the Euro Vision Song Contest 2006 in Athens.

Miscellaneous

• Every Monday there is a food market on the Kerameikos road.
• Between the streets Kolonou and Kolokynthous numerous Asian food and textile businesses find.
• 2010 an architectural competition for architects was tendered under 35 to create a dorm around Marathonos Street 34.