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Buildings
Ambelokipi
Villa "Margarita"
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One of the most impressive buildings in the district of Ambelokipi. Standing at the corner of Mesogion {Μεσογείων} and Vasilissis Sofias {Βασιλίσσης Σοφίας} avenues, it looked like having emerged from a fairy tale world. There now stands the edifice of the National Bank of Greece.
It
was built of red hammer-dressed stone in the early 1900's and came under the ownership of
Efstathios Lampsas {Ευστάθιος Λάμψας}, an ingenious and
rich man, ex royal chef to King Georgios I {Γεώργιος Α'} [People], successful
businessman and hotelier of "Grande
Bretagne" 
({Megali Vretannia ~
Μεγάλη Βρεταννία} = Great Britain) Hotel.
It consisted of 32 rooms, turrets, scenic edges that looked like crenellations, a dome with a lightning arrestor, dense-flowered gardens, etc.
Villa "Margarita", built in the early 1900's, from a post-card of the time.
Source: "Old Buildings In The District Of Ambelokipi" {Αμπελόκηποι}, by Historiographer and Writer Nikolaos Paradisis {Νικόλαος Παραδείσης}, "The Young Greek" {O Mikros Romios ~ Ο Μικρός Ρωμηός} Newspaper, Term D ({Δ} = 4th), 17th Year, 83rd Issue, February 2003, Page 12.
09-15-2003