With funding from National resources and having as the main priority the upgrading of the image and functionality of the archaeological sites and monuments of the Ephorate and the improvement of the services provided to the millions of visitors, dozens of infrastructure improvement and expansion projects were carried out.
Priority of the Ephorate is the arrangement, classification and ensuring the appropriate storage conditions of the finds found in the archaeological warehouses.
An important concern was the expansion of the infrastructure of the museums under the jurisdiction of the Ephorate, with the aim of properly safeguarding the movable monuments.
Care and cleaning of both the highlighted archaeological sites and monuments of the Ephoria, as well as the 30 other sites where antiquities have been preserved (indicative: Lysikratous Square, National Garden, Zappeio, Diogenio, Kotzia Square, sheltered antiquities at the stations) of the METRO in Syntagma and Aegaleo, Tripodon 32, Prytaniou 3, Erotokritos and Tripodon, OAKA, Kifissia, etc.).
Priority was given to strengthening the security of archaeological sites and museums. In this context, the security systems (cameras and closed-circuit monitoring) were upgraded and expanded in all archaeological sites, museums and archaeological warehouses, while a new lighting network was installed on the northern border of the archaeological site of the Ancient Agora (along Hadrianou Street and in the Doerpfeld excavation area) and in Pnyka.
Improvement of guest service infrastructure Upgrade of entrances and guest service infrastructure In 2016, TAPA, in collaboration with the Ephorate, designed the new entrance to the Archaeological Site of Olympia and built a ticket office, a TAPA goods store (casts, books, etc.), as well as a refreshment room,with sanitary facilities Read more