Ernst Ziller

Ernst Ziller's plan for the extension to the ballroom of the crown prince's palace in Athens (Presidential Mansion).

Iliou Melathron in 1896.

Ernst Moritz Theodor Ziller (Greek: Ερνέστος Τσίλλερ, Ernestos Tsiller; 22 June 1837, Serkowitz (now part of Radebeul-Oberlößnitz) – 4 November 1923, Athens) was a Saxon architect who later became a Greek national, and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was a major designer of royal and municipal buildings in Athens, Patras and other Greek cities.

Buildings

Stathatos Mansion.

Hotels "Megas Alexandros" and "Bakeion", Omonoia Square.

Metamorphosis Sotiros church in Vilia, West Attica.

Ermoupolis City Hall.

Metropolitan Church of Saint Gregory Palamas, Thessaloniki.

Athens

• Andreas Syngros mansion (now Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece))
• Church of Saint Luke
• Hotels "Megas Alexandros" and "Bakeion", Omonoia Square
• Iliou Melathron (now Numismatic Museum of Athens)
• Melas Mansion
• National Chemistry of Greece
• National Theatre of Greece
• Old building of the Hellenic Military Academy
• Old headquarters building of the National Bank of Greece
• Peloponnese Railway Station
• Presidential Mansion
• Stathatos Mansion
• Thon mansion (demolished)
• Villa Atlantis
• Loverdo Museum (Academy Street 58a)

Attica

• Metamorphosis Sotiros church in Vilia, West Attica
• Royal palace in Tatoi

Aigio

• Archaeological Museum of Aigion (old Municipal market)
• Cathedral Church of Panagia Faneromeni
• Church of Esodia of Theotokos
• Church of St. Andrew

Gytheio

• City Hall of Gytheio
• Parthenagogeio (girls only school) of Gytheio

Patras

• Apollon Theatre (Patras)

Piraeus

• Metaxa Mansion

Pyrgos

• Archaeological Museum of Pyrgos (old Municipal market)
• Municipal Theater of Pyrgos
• Old City Hall
• Railway station of Pyrgos

Syros

• Ermoupolis City Hall

Thessaloniki

• Greek consulate in Thessaloniki (today Museum for the Macedonian Struggle)
• Metropolitan Church of Saint Gregory Palamas

Other

• Archaeological Museum of Milos
• Court House of Tripoli
• Church of Sainte Marina, Velo, Corinthia
• Metropolitan Theater of Zakynthos (city)
• Railway station of Olympia

Architectural supervision

• Academy of Athens
• National Archaeological Museum of Athens
• National Library of Greece
• Panathinaiko Stadium, renovation

Gallery

References

• Ernst Ziller biography, Presidency of the Hellenic Republic
• Ziller, Ernst Grove Dictionary of Art
• Ernst Ziller (1837-1923) (Greek Architects)

External links

Media related to Ernst Ziller at Wikimedia Commons