Tatoi Estate: The known and unknown treasures of the former royal family

The news of rare alcoholic beverages, collectible bottles or even unknown in the Greek market soft drinks may have made the rounds of the Internet and once again turned eyes to the former royal estate of Tatoi, however, this discovery, announced by the ministry Culture, is not the first for 2021.

This year has proved rich in locating "unknown" or "lost" objects and architectural elements, which come to serve as tiles in the puzzle of the estate located within the Parnitha National Park.

The beginning was made in March with the discovery of a lost planter (pot) in the garden of the Presidential Palace.

The discovery of objects that come mainly from the 1,600 acres which constitute the historical core of the estate (there are 55 buildings, of which 27 are classified as monuments) and have belonged to the Greek State since 2003, continued in early July with the bell that had the character of an alarm clock of the estate. The fan-like staircases the adjutancy followed, leading to the bottles of spirits.

Some of these revelations are due to the progress of the maintenance work of the objects coming from the buildings of the estate, which are carried out by the competent services of the Ministry of Culture, and others to the cleaning of the Civil Protection agency implemented on the initiative of the association "Friends of Tatoi Estate" . Given that work on the site continues in view of the implementation of the feasibility study of the estate, the next revelations are a matter of time.

The lost pot with enamel decorations

One of the four pots that adorned the palace garden of the main building and which was considered lost was the first discovery related to the Tatoi estate, last March. The Paris-made iron pot is has plant enamel...