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The Academy of Athens (Greek: Ακαδημία Αθηνών, Akadimía Athinón) is Greece's national academy, and the highest research establishment in the country. It was established in 1926, with its founding principle tracing back to the historical Academy of Plato, and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. The ...
The Academy (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαδημία, romanized: Akadēmía), variously known as Plato's Academy, or the Platonic Academy, was founded in Athens by Plato circa 387 BC. The academy is regarded as the first institution of higher education in the west, where subjects as diverse as biology , geography , astronomy , mathematics , history ...
The School of Athens (Italian: Scuola di Atene) is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1511 as part of a commission by Pope Julius II to decorate the rooms now called the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City .
Archbishop Chrysostomos I of Athens (1868 – 1938) Konstantinos Raktivan (1865 – 1935) Andreas Andreadis Nikolaos Politis (1872 –1942) Dimitrios Pappoulias Theophilos Voreas Michael Livadas Constantin Carathéodory (first elected member) (1873 –1950) 1927. Georgios Streit; Dimitrios Kambouroglou [el; fr] 1928
Academy of Athens may refer to: Platonic Academy, founded by Plato in c. 387 BC; Academy of Athens (modern), Greece's national academy, established in 1926; See also
Pages in category "Members of the Academy of Athens (modern)" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It is unknown when this worship was introduced to Athens or when the Lyceum became the sanctuary. The Lyceum was located outside and east of Athens's city wall. The Lyceum is famous for being a center of education, but it was used for numerous other activities including Athenian assembly gatherings, cult practices, and military exercises. [6]
The modern Academy of Athens, next to the University of Athens and the National Library forming 'the Trilogy', designed by Schinkel's Danish pupil Theofil Hansen, 1885, in Greek Ionic, academically correct even to the polychrome sculpture Åbo Akademi, an academy building designed by Charles Bassi, was built on 1833 in Turku, Finland.