Restoration works, for the protection and aesthetic upgrading of the Mausoleum, in the former royal estate of Tatoihas included in its planning the Ministry of Culture and Sports for highlighting the monuments of Tatoi, not only in the historical core but also in the wider protection zone of the estate.

The restoration of the royal Mausoleum is an additional intervention in the ongoing restoration program of the buildings, with a total budget of approximately 58,000,000 euros.

The royal Mausoleum houses the tombs of kings Constantine I, Sophia and Alexander.

It is a neo-Byzantine building from the interwar period.

His erection began the 1936immediately after the restoration of the monarchy and its completion was interrupted, due to the declaration of the Second World War.

The mausoleum has the form of a Byzantine cruciform inscribed church and is located in the immediate vicinity of the neo-Byzantine Church of the Resurrection, a work of the end of the 19th century, on the hill of Palaiokastro, following the same morphology.

such a mausoleum

All, the individual buildings of the former Royal Estate of Tatoi, were classified as monuments in 2003, when they, with their equipment, came under the ownership of the Greek state. By the same decision, the central part of the estate was designated as a historical site.

The Mausoleum is included in zone D3 of the estate which includes leisure, sports, education, agriculture, environmental and historical information activities.

As the Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni stated, “The restoration study of the Mausoleum, on which the Central Council of Newer Monuments gave a positive opinion, is part of the overall intervention of the Ministry of Culture and Sports on the declared preserved monuments of the former royal estate. Our goal is the protection of the monument, its maintenance and aesthetic upgrading, with the simultaneous completion of those works, which were never completed, during the original planning. We are satisfied that the projects carried out in Tatoi, under the coordination and supervision of the competent services of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, are progressing smoothly, with guaranteed resources from the Recovery Fund and with absolute commitment to meeting the schedules we have set. In 2025, the historic core of the estate will be ready to be handed over to the citizens, offering them an important recreation and wellness center in Attica, as well as museum infrastructures that tell a part of our country’s recent history.”