THE RESTORATION OF THE TATOI PALACE

 

RESTORATION OF GREECE’S TATOI PALACE UNEARTHS DOZENS OF ROYAL HEIRLOOMS

 

The restoration works that are presently taking part in Greece’s Tatoi Palace, for the last few months have unearthed and brought to life hidden historical treasures.

Hundreds of valuable objects belonging to the former Royal family of Greece have been discovered in a number of different buildings of the Tatoi estate.

Among the recent discoveries found were seventy suitcases and trunks that apparently belonged to the consort Queen Frederica of Greece.  She was queen, from 1947-1964, and Queen Mother after.  

The work of discovering these treasures in Tatoi is supervised by archaeologists which make sure that these precious discoveries of Greece's modern history will not be damaged.

The restoration works have also discovered precious royal carriages and unopened bottles of red wine dating back to the 1950s.  

The Tatoi estate covers an enormous area of 45.000 hectares, which is approximately 45 million square metres and  45.000 Greek stremmata.   It was originally bought by Greek Royal Family in the 1870s,  since then, it has endured numerous changes of ownership, due to the turbulent political situation in Greece during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  

 

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Originally designed as a summer palace for the Greek royal family, it later became their permanent home as they had more privacy there than the official Royal Palace, now the Presidential Palace in  Athens.  

The Tatoi Palace is expected to become a museum when the restoration work is completed.