Former Royal Estate North of Athens is Being Restored

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Tatoi, north of Athens, was once a residence of the former Greek royal family. The farm building will also house the collection of the royal cars that have been designated as monuments. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

Restoration works of the farm at Greece’s former royal estate near Athens are rapidly progressing and soon, the museum building connected to the estate’s farm life will be completed, the Greek Ministry of Culture announced.

Selected wooden and metallic objects, along with pieces of historic agricultural machinery are being preserved in order to become part of the permanent collections in the museum building (a former cowshed), dedicated to the agricultural production of the Tatoi estate, the ministry said in a statement. The metallic objects include signs with animal names, watering objects and silos. Agricultural tools include milk jars, a sickle, a sieve and a demijohn. The wooden objects, including tools and agricultural machinery, were found inside the farm buildings. Among them are a tractor, oak barrels and a wine case.

Tatoi, north of Athens, was once a residence of the former Greek royal family. The farm building will also house the collection of the royal cars that have been designated as monuments.

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Agricultural tools include milk jars, a sickle, a sieve and a demijohn. The wooden objects, including tools and agricultural machinery, were found inside the farm buildings. Among them are a tractor, oak barrels and a wine case. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

Lina Mendoni, the Greek Minister of Culture said that the restoration project at the estate’s farm is expected to be completed within 2025, adding that the objects being preserved along with the agricultural machinery were used in order to keep the estate’s owners self-sufficient. “The quantity [of agricultural products] produced was enough to allow them to be sold within and out of Greece,” Mendoni said. “Some examples are the butter and milk of Tatoi but also the varieties of wines from the royal vineyards.

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has registered the names and brands of the estate’s products, in order to re-use them in the new food and hospitality services,” she added. According to the Greek Ministry of Culture, both the wooden and the metallic objects are in a bad condition, mostly because of their long-term storage under unsuitable conditions.

Restoration projects at the estate include the creation of museum buildings as well as leisure center facilities at a cost of several million. Most of the buildings have fallen into disrepair after decades of abandonment and neglect.

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Selected wooden and metallic objects, along with pieces of historic machinery are being preserved in order to become part of the permanent collections in the museum building. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

The former royal estate, north of Athens

The Tatoi estate covers an enormous total area of 4,500 hectares, which is approximately 45 million square meters.

It was first owned by the Greek royal family in the 1870s. Since then, it has endured numerous changes of ownership and usage, following the turbulent political life of the country during the late 19th and the 20th century.

Located on a slope of Mount Parnitha, the estate lies 27 kilometers (16 miles) from downtown Athens, in an area covered by woods, with rivers and abundant wildlife.

The Palace complex also includes a large number of buildings which all served different purposes for the royal family while they lived there.

Originally designed as a summer retreat for the family, it later became the permanent residence of the Greek royals, who found its premises more private compared to the official Royal Palace in downtown Athens.

It was Greece’s King George I who originally had the idea of establishing a summer retreat for his family.

 

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