“Restoration of a complex of properties of the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Plaka for the installation of the Museum of Greek Folk Art” Beneficiary: DANSM. Sub-project with implementing body E.A.Ath. “Protection – Consolidation – Maintenance – Unveiling of the ruins of Agios Thomas on Vrysakiou Street Restoration of the Staircase and Gate of the house of Chomatianos Logothetis on 14A Areos Street in Plaka”
Inside the three-aisled basilica of Ag. Thomas of the 6th – 7th century. (with overlapping phases of the 9th-10th c. and 17th c.) fragments of painted decoration from various periods and parts of a mosaic floor attributed to an earlier building and dated to the second quarter of the 5th c. The project began with rescue and protection measures for the monument, and then the work continued with cleaning, excavating the interior (mainly in the southeast part) and perimeter of the temple and local fixings with deep grouting or masonry recovery, where required. At the same time, conservation work was carried out on the preserved murals and their fragments in the laboratory and finally, stone members from the old excavation and the MELT building complex were transferred to the Service’s premises for safekeeping.
The Staircase and Gate of the House of Chomatiano Logothetis are preserved in a semi-ruined state and are identified with part of the mansion of the Athenian Logothetis family, which probably dates from the end of the 17th – first half of the 18th century. The works included extensive cleaning of newer mortars and concrete elements, fixing of stonework with grouting and grouting, reconstruction of a stone wall on the east side and partial recovery, using mainly original material, of the carved staircase shell, as well as conservation of the stonework and ceramics portal elements. Finally, the original shape of the fountain was restored and conservation work was carried out on the pithos, the mouth of which was covered with glass for protection reasons.
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