Tatoi: Museums Restoration Projects are proceeding in 2026

Autopsy The works performed by the services of the Ministry of Culture at the historical core of Fr. Royal Estate in Tatoi, were carried out by the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni, head of the service.

The autopsy is part of the regular and intensive monitoring of the course of the work.

All the projects, which relate to the restoration of the buildings, which are transformed into museums and their surroundings, as well as those providing complementary functions of the estate, the museum reports, and the necessary infrastructures for their operation, as well as the recording, documentation and maintenance of the Movements and Maintenance.

The total budget of the projects exceeds EUR 70,000,000, from resources from the Recovery and Rules Fund, the Attica Regional Operational Program and the YMEPERA Operational Program of the NSRF 2014-2020 and 2021-2027, the Operational Development Program of the Ministry of Culture and from private sponsorships.

The palace’s restoration work is in full swing, and gradually completed or are, in the end, groups and phases. Indicatively, the overall electromechanical installations, the restoration of the basement and the attic are mentioned, followed by the ground floor and the first floor. The museological and museographic study have been completed and the implementation of their application begins. As far as the palace gardens are concerned, the installation of the infrastructure has been completed and plantings are evolving.

Work on George I’s stable, where the royal carriage museum will be housed, is evolving satisfactorily as the painful and complex work of the roof reconstruction has been completed. The museological and museographic study have been completed and the wagons have been fully maintained, as well as the rest of the material in the exhibition.

OR rehabilitation of the new Voustasi It evolves rapidly, with the aim of completing it in the next quarter. On the ground floor of the building provides for the creation of two thematic museums, one dedicated to the Monument-based vehicles of the royal family and the other to the farm production of the estate. The exposed cars have been fully maintained, as well as the equipment of agricultural and livestock production. The work, on the floor of Voustasios, are proceeding and completed in order to function as a venue for conferences and cultural events. Maintenance and rehabilitation work of the Mausoleum was completed, against the Temple of the Resurrection, sponsored by AMKE “Aegean” by Athanasios and Marina Martinos.

Nine buildings, such as the car parking complex, the Sturm House, the Home House, which will host complementary and supporting functions of the Ministry of Culture’s services, such as the maintenance management workshops and the wider cultural uses, as well as the Police Officer.

As Lina Mendoni said: “The protection, restoration and performance of the historical core of Fr. Royal Estate in Tatoi is a national work that turns the estate into a dynamic, visited place of culture and environment. It is one of the largest and most complex interventions of cultural infrastructure in the country, with the aim of creating a modern, public, cultural park that combines historical memory with public use. It is a multilevel intervention, which requires strict coordination, accuracy and consistency, both at the level of its design, but mainly in its implementation, with dedication to the goal, scientific methodology and documentation and timetables. The project was made in absolute priority by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his government’s programming statements in July 2019, and the Ministry of Culture undertook the preparation of all studies and the execution of the projects based on the feasibility study and viability of 20 Donation of AMKE “Aegeas” by Athanasios and Marina Martinos secured, in 2020, the creation of the necessary facilities for the launch of the first construction site of the Ministry of Culture. The Athanasiou Laskarides Foundation and AMKE “Aegeas” systematically support the work of the Ministry of Culture in Tatoi from 2019. Thank them from the heart. Without their decisive contribution we would not have reached today’s result. Today, five years later, it is easily understood that every building, every infrastructure, every museum function is part of a single and viable whole. The services of the Ministry of Culture work with professionalism, dedication and a deep sense of responsibility. In our autopsy we found progress on all construction sites. Although the overall image is absolutely positive, we have given instructions to enhance the pace of tasks in certain fields. Our goal is to complete the basic projects by the end of 2025 and to perform in 2026 to the citizens of Attica and to the visitors of a vibrant, sustainable, fully accessible and functional space. Tatoi is a project-proof project for future generations. We are not just restoring monuments. We re -establish a historical place offering a standard space of culture, environment and leisure“.