Ernst Ziller

Ernst Moritz Theodor Ziller (Greek: Ερνέστος Τσίλλερ, Ernestos Tsiller; 22 June 1837 – 4 November 1923) was a German-born university teacher and architect who later became a Greek national. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he was a major designer of royal and municipal buildings in Athens, Patras, and other Greek cities.^[1][2]

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Ernst Ziller
Portrait of Ernst Ziller (c. 1880)
Born	Ernst Moritz Theodor Ziller (1837-06-22)June 22, 1837 Serkowitz, Radebeul, Saxony, Germany
Died	November 4, 1923(1923-11-04) (aged 86) Athens, Greece
Nationality	German, Greek
Other names	Ερνέστος Τσίλλερ (Ernestos Tsiller)
Alma mater	Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
Occupation	Architect
Spouse	Sophia Doudou-Ziller
Children	Iosifina Dimas-Ziller (1885-1965)

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Ziller was born in the rural community of Serkowitz in the district of Radebeul in Saxony. After graduating from the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1858, he went to work for Danish architect Theophilus Hansen. In 1861, Hansen sent him to Athens. In 1872 he was appointed a professor at the Royal School of Arts, now National Technical University of Athens. He was married to a Greek wife, Sofia Doudou. His daughter Iosifina Dimas-Ziller (1885-1965) was an impressionist painter.

In 1885, he designed a three-story mansion where his family resided until 1912. Now known as the Ziller mansion, the residence was later acquired by Greek banker Dionysios P. Loverdos (1878–1934). Ziller died in Athens and was buried at the First Cemetery of Athens.^[3][4][5][6]

Below is a list of buildings designed by Ernst Ziller.

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

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  National Theatre of Greece
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  Apollon Theatre, Patras
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  Melas Mansion, Athens
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  Numismatic Museum of Athens
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  Metropolitan Theater of Zakynthos (city)
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  Old municipal market of Pyrgos, Elis
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  Museum for the Macedonian Struggle, Thessaloniki
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  The old headquarters building of the National Bank of Greece
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  Panagia Faneromeni Church, Aigio
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  The Court House of Tripoli
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  City Hall of Gytheio