Miaouli Square

Miaouli Square is a square in the town of Ermoupoli in Greece. The square changed into designed via the Bavarian architect Wilhelm von Weiler within the early 19th century. It is the main square of Ermoupolis. Its former name became Othonos Square in honour of Otto of Greece but took its cutting-edge call in 1889 by using the statue of admiral Andreas Miaoulis, hero of the Greek War of Independence, which locates within the square. In the rectangular there are also the City Hall, designed by using Ernst Ziller, and the municipal library.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the region of the rectangular became sandy and the only building that existed changed into the orchard of the Salaha family inside the northwest, which had wells, of which several settlers bought water throughout those years. The orchard become offered via the Municipality of Ermoupolis in 1847 and the architect Wilhelm von Weiler become straight away commissioned to create a plan for the formation of the square. "Othon Square" in honor of Othon of Greece, the first king of the usa.

At that point, the location turned into protected by using all forms of small buildings ravines, halls and huts, even as the unfastened space covered so many improvised indicates, along with the Italian newbie Yabatista 1845 and the wooden amphitheater of German Lamberger 1853. In the years to come, but, the encompassing buildings had been constructed at the standards of the European and specifically Italian cities, giving shape to the square, even as the diverse companies settled inside the newly constructed Grocery save 1855. In 1860 a first leveling of the soil was completed.