Museum for the Macedonian Struggle | |
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Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα | |
Former names | Greek Consulate of Thessaloniki |
General information | |
Status | Museum |
Type | Conuslate Bank School Museum |
Architectural style | Neo-classical |
Location | Thessaloniki, Greece |
Coordinates | 40°37′51″N 22°56′37″E / 40.63083°N 22.94361°E |
Named for | Macedonian Struggle |
Construction started | September 1892 |
Completed | August 1893 |
Opened | 1980 |
Owner | City of Thessaloniki |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ernst Ziller |
Known for | Headquarters of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee |
The Museum for the Macedonian Struggle is located in the centre of the city Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia, Greece. It occupies a neo-classical building designed by the renowned architect Ernst Ziller and built in 1893.[1] In its six ground-floor rooms the museum graphically illustrates the modern and contemporary history of Greek Macedonia. It presents the social, economic, political and military developments that shaped the presence of Hellenism in the region. This approach enables the visitor to form a global picture, not only of the revolutionary movements in the area, but also of the rapidly changing society of the southern Balkans and its agonizing struggles to balance between tradition and modernization.