Ernst Moritz Theodor Ziller (, 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.
Biography
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-Ziller. 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.
List of buildings
Below is a list of buildings designed by Ernst Ziller.
Athens
Andreas Syngros mansion (now Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Church of Saint Luke Hotels "Megas Alexandros" and "Bakeion", Omonoia Square Iliou Melathron (now Numismatic Museum of Athens) Melas Mansion National Chemistry Institute of Greece (at the University of Athens) National Theatre of Greece Old building of the Hellenic Military Academy Old headquarters building of the National Bank of Greece Peloponnese Railway Station Presidential Mansion Stathatos Mansion Thon mansion (destroyed during the Dekemvriana) Villa Atlantis Loverdo Museum (former Ziller mansion, Academy Street 58a)
Attica
Transfiguration of Jesus church in Vilia, West Attica
Royal palace in Tatoi
Aigio
Archaeological Museum of Aigion (old Municipal market) Cathedral Church of Panagia Faneromeni Church of Esodia of Theotokos Church of St. Andrew
Argos
Municipal Market of Argos
Gytheio
City Hall of Gytheio
Parthenagogeio (Girls School) of Gytheio
Patras
Apollon Theatre (Patras) Perivolaropoulos mansion
Piraeus
Metaxa Mansion
Pyrgos
Archaeological Museum of Pyrgos (old Municipal Market) Municipal Theater of Pyrgos Old City Hall Railway station of Pyrgos
Syros
Ermoupolis City Hall
Thessaloniki
Greek consulate in Thessaloniki (today the Museum for the Macedonian Struggle) Metropolitan Church of Saint Gregory Palamas Metropolis building Theageneio Hospital
Others
Archaeological Museum of Milos
Court House of Tripoli
Church of Sainte Marina, Velo, Corinthia
Metropolitan Theater of Zakynthos
Railway station of Olympia
Former City Hall of Kea
Former Primary School of Kea (now town hall) Marble fountain of 1872 at Syntagma Square
Architectural supervision
Academy of Athens
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
National Library of Greece
Panathinaiko Stadium, renovation
Gallery
References
Other sources
Friedbert Ficker (2003). Ernst Ziller – ein sächsischer Architekt und Bauforscher in Griechenland: Die Familie Ziller Taschenbuc. Allgäu: Der Kunstverlag Josef Fink. .