Tatoi Palace

The documentation and storage of some 50,000 objects and heirlooms at the former royal estate of Tatoi in northern Athens between 2004 and 2012 was an operation of titanic proportions.

Packed for the time being into three closed rooms, around 10,000 of them needed expert attention before they could be moved, but the remaining 40,000 are still waiting to be tended to.

Greece's culture minister is moving ahead with plans to restore the long-neglected summer palace of the country's former royal family, by boosting security over the past month and requesting the disbursement of 50,000 euros for the restoration of mobile items. 

The coffin bearing the earthly remains of Queen Mother Elena of Romania will arrive in the country on October 18, the Press Bureau of the House of HM The Crown Custodian announced in a release sent, on Tuesday, to AGERPRES.

The remains of Queen Helen will be moved to the New Archbishopric and Royal Cathedral of Curtea de Arges, under a decision by the Romanian Crown Custodian, Margareta, according to a post on the https://www.romaniaregala.ro.

Greece's new conservative government wants to revive plans to revamp the long-abandoned summer palace of the country's disenfranchised monarchy, on the slopes of Mt Parnitha, north of Athens.

The Benaki Museum presents a collection of snapshots of life and sites in Athens and its environs taken by British photographer Alexander Lamont Henderson during a visit to the Greek capital in 1904.

The Tatoi Friends Association is holding is sixth annual opera gala, raising funds for conservation work at the former royal estate north of Athens. The main destination of funds from this year's event will go toward the restoration of the estate's dilapidated winery, which is one of the oldest buildings on the property.

Archbishop Ieronymos on Wednesday presided over the annual memorial service held for Greece's late royal couple Paul and Frederica at the cemetery of the former royal estate in Tatoi, on Mount Parnitha north of Athens.

The service was attended by former king Constantine II, his wife Anne-Marie, their son Nikolaos and his spouse Tatiana Blatnik, among others.

Whoever was traveling on the Thessaloniki-Athens highway, was able to see a rare sight:

a retired Hellenic Air Force RF-4E reconnaissance airplane loaded on a huge truck right in front of them. Sure there was a traffic jam, but nobody complained…

The airplane went from the 114 Battle Wing at Tanagra to the HAF Museum at Tatoi.

The former mansion of exiled King Constantine II of Greece at Linnel Drive, Hampstead Garden Suburb, has been put on the market. Located just around the corner from Bishops Avenue, otherwise known as Billionaires Avenue due to hugely wealthy residents, it features a master bedroom with dressing room, en suite bathroom and balcony as well as 12 other bedrooms, large garden and swimming pool.