The British Ambassador’s residence in Athens opened its doors to the Athenian public, giving 180 visitors that had booked a place on this year’s “British Residence Open Day” a tour of the British residence and the British School at Athens on Sunday, ANA reported.
Considered one of the most attractive neoclassical houses in Athens, the British residence was formerly the home of Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos and has housed the activities of the British Embassy in Athens since 1936. The tour of the residence included a visit to Venizelos’ historic library, the British School in Athens, Fitch Laboratory and Upper House, as well as the exhibition Prosaic Origins by Andreas Lolis in the gardens, which is curated by Nayia Yiakoumaki and is part of the Neon City Programme 2018.
The tour was sold out and as UK Ambassador Kate Smith revealed in tweets on her personal account with photographs of the garden and the interior of the British Residence and the British school, the enthusiastic response has already begun thinking about the next British Open Day.
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