Lysandros Kaftanzoglou

Lysandros Kaftanzoglou (Greek: Λύσανδρος Καυτανζόγλου, 1811–1885) was a Greek architect^[1] of the 19th century and Chancellor of the National Technical University of Athens.

He was born in Thessaloniki. During the massacres of the Greek community in 1821 by the Ottomans,^[2] his family left for Marseille. He later studied architecture in Rome.

He worked in independent Greece and designed buildings in Athens and other cities.

Some of his works include:

• The building of the National Technical University of Athens.
• The old St Andrew church in Patras.
• The old building of Arsakeion, Athens (today houses the Council of State).
• Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite
• Saint Irene Church, Athens
• Ophthalmological Hospital, Athens
• St Constantine church, Omonoia, Athens

The Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki is named after him.

Gallery

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  Entrance of the National Technical University of Athens
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  The old St Andrew church, Patras
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  St. Dionysius the Areopagite, Athens
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  St Irene church, Aiolou street, Athens
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  Arsakeion

References

Sources

• Λύσανδρος Καυταντζόγλου biography

Bibliography

• Volkert, Klaus; Menghini, Marta; Barbin, Évelyne (2019). Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art The Legacy of Gaspard Monge. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783030148089.