The Orphanage was built in 1828-29 in order to care for the orphans of the Greek Revolution. It functioned until 1834. From 1880 and for nearly 100 years it operated as a jail for civil and criminal prisonners. It housed the EKPAZ until 1989.
Construction // Traditional Construction Old Jails - Orphanage
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| Altitude (in meters) | : | 30 |
| Time Reference | : | 1829 |
| Chronological Period | : | Modern Greece |
| Access | : |  Road |
| Accessible | : |  Normally |
| Duration of Visit | : | 15 minutes |
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RELATED LINKS
Aegina's Public Buidlings
http://www.discoveraegina.gr/greek/category/past-aegina/kapodistriaka-aegina/
http://www.discoveraegina.gr/greek/category/past-aegina/kapodistriaka-aegina/
Architecture - Capodistrian Period Monuments of Aegina
http://monuments-of-aegina.blogspot.gr/2009/07/blog-post.html
http://monuments-of-aegina.blogspot.gr/2009/07/blog-post.html
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