{"id":13345,"date":"2025-01-23T12:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/anavathmisi-archaiologikoy-choroy-tis-archaias-agoras-stin-athina\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T21:50:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:50:39","slug":"anavathmisi-archaiologikoy-choroy-tis-archaias-agoras-stin-athina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/anavathmisi-archaiologikoy-choroy-tis-archaias-agoras-stin-athina\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade of the Archaeological Site of the Ancient Agora in Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13345\" class=\"elementor elementor-13345 elementor-10198\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea7c639 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea7c639\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d146123\" data-id=\"4d146123\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e4574ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e4574ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The image of Athens is changing, highlighting its history and offering a unique tour of its archaeological treasures. The Ministry of Culture (MoC) has announced a major project aimed at the functional and aesthetic enhancement of the archaeological sites of the Ancient Agora and Kerameikos. With a total budget of 5.8 million euros, funded by the Recovery Fund, the project aims to improve the visitor experience while ensuring universal accessibility. Its completion is expected by the end of the current year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company <\/span><b>Lever \u2013 Development Consultants S.A.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a member of the <\/span><b>Samaras &amp; Associates Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has contributed responsibly and honorably to this initiative by providing consulting services to the Ephorate of Antiquities of Athens. This contribution was in the form of drafting a <\/span><b>&#8220;Framework Plan for the protection, enhancement, and management of the archaeological site, and planning restoration interventions for the monuments of the Ancient Agora.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of the project is to organize and implement prioritized interventions to preserve, highlight, and promote the values of the archaeological sites and the unique characteristics of their monuments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Framework Plan, prepared and submitted by Lever \u2013 Development Consultants S.A., outlines the overall design of the project for the Ancient Agora. It serves a dual role\u2014as a synthesis of ideas and proposals addressing all related matters\u2014to create an accessible, open, modernly equipped, welcoming, and evocative environment, worthy of the timeless social, political, and cultural values that were born in this place and gained global significance. More specifically, it includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Improvement of access conditions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through the restoration and enhancement of the walkability of ancient pathways and the creation of new routes to ensure all visitors can tour the site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Creation of resting and viewing areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in selected locations, corresponding to open spaces as they existed in antiquity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Aesthetic and functional upgrade of infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including water management, fire protection systems, urban equipment, and visitor facilities at the site entrances.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><div><br><\/div>\n<p><b>Management of the natural and scenic character<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of these areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1038\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12.jpg.webp 1038w, https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12-300x212.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12-1024x724.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/01\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12-768x543.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1038px) 100vw, 1038px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31028ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31028ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e59fca6\" data-id=\"e59fca6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image of Athens is changing, highlighting its history and offering a unique tour of its archaeological treasures. The Ministry of Culture (MoC) has announced a major project aimed at the functional and aesthetic enhancement of the archaeological sites of the Ancient Agora and Kerameikos. With a total budget of 5.8 million euros, funded by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[339],"tags":[359,360,361],"class_list":["post-13345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","tag-athina-en","tag-archaia-agora-en","tag-ypoyrgeio-politismoy-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13345"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13349,"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13345\/revisions\/13349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}