国际英语资讯:Feature: Oldest house in Athens gives glimpse of life some 500 years ago
<p><span word="ATHENS">ATHENS</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 1-- <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="historic">historic</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="Acropolis">Acropolis</span> <span word="Hill">Hill</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mansion">mansion</span> <span word="transformed">transformed</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="museum">museum</span> <span word="stands">stands</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="architecture">architecture</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="significance">significance</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Orthodox">Orthodox</span> <span word="Christian">Christian</span> <span word="worshippers">worshippers</span>.</p><p><span word="Behind">Behind</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tall">tall</span> <span word="stone">stone</span> <span word="fence">fence</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bustling">bustling</span> <span word="neighborhood">neighborhood</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Plaka">Plaka</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Benizelos">Benizelos</span> <span word="mansion">mansion</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="owner">owner</span> <span word="Angelos">Angelos</span> <span word="Benizelos">Benizelos</span>. <span word="Benizelos">Benizelos</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="descendant">descendant</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="aristocratic">aristocratic</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Saint">Saint</span> <span word="Filothei">Filothei</span>, <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Patron">Patron</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Athens">Athens</span>,</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="monument">monument</span> <span word="features">features</span> <span word="remnants">remnants</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="structures">structures</span> <span word="erected">erected</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 16<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reconstructed">reconstructed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="late">late</span> 17<span word="th">th</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> 18<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="undergone">undergone</span> <span word="extensive">extensive</span> <span word="restoration">restoration</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> 15 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Benizelos">Benizelos</span> <span word="mansion">mansion</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="preserved">preserved</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Greece">Greece</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="testimony">testimony</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Athens">Athens</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ottoman">Ottoman</span> <span word="occupation">occupation</span>.</p><p><span word="Various">Various</span> <span word="travelers">travelers</span> <span word="referred">referred</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="journals">journals</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="depicted">depicted</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="sketches">sketches</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="paintings">paintings</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1972, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Archdiocese">Archdiocese</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Athens">Athens</span> <span word="since">since</span> 1999.</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="restored">restored</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> (<span word="EU">EU</span>) <span word="funds">funds</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mansion">mansion</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="museum">museum</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="doors">doors</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="February">February</span> 2017.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="restoration">restoration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="monument">monument</span> <span word="focused">focused</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="highlighting">highlighting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="morphological">morphological</span> <span word="elements">elements</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="character">character</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pre">pre</span>-<span word="revolutionary">revolutionary</span> <span word="noble">noble</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="house">house</span>.</p>
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