Tatoi Palace

The monumental painting "Prometheus Unbound" by Danish artist Carl Bloch, first mentioned in January 2023, is now on display at the Pavlos and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum (CAMU) in Athens.

The burial of Prince Michael, the last grandson of King George I, who was also known as Michel de Grèce, took place in Tatoi.

A fire that broke out on the slopes of the Greek capital's Mount Parnitha on Saturday, June 29, destroyed a part of the forest, stretching from Katsimidi peak to the former royal estate at Tatoi, which had been completely razed by a conflagration three years ago.

More than 12,000 lightning strikes were recorded across the country by midday Thursday, according to the National Observatory of Athens' Zeus lightning detection network. Forecasts for bad weather with intense lightning activity had been made since the beginning of the week.

A hotel that has sprung up near the former royal estate of Tatoi in northern Athens is on course for demolition.

The 2,000-square-meter hotel has been illegally built by a businessman who was granted a permit to carry out repairs on a 120-square-meter building that was damaged in a major wildfire in the summer of 2021.

The ministries of Environment and Culture presented restoration studies on Tuesday for the 3.4-hectare palace garden and cemetery, as well as the progress of the redevelopment of the entire former royal estate of Tatoi, north of Athens. 

Culture Ministry researchers documenting the movable assets at the former royal palace at Tatoi in northern Athens have discovered the regalia of Greece's Bavarian King Otto, the ministry said on Monday.

The crown and scepter were made by legendary French jewelers Fossin et Fils and the sword by Manceaux and Fossin et Fils.

Restoration work on the mausoleum in the former royal estate of Tatoi, north of Athens, has been approved, Culture & Sports Minister Lina Mendoni said on Thursday.

The former royal palace at Tatoi will be open to the public by 2025, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has said, a day after former king Constantine II was buried alongside his ancestors at the former royal estate.

"Citizens will have access to the old palaces by 2025," she said, in an interview with private broadcaster Real FM radio.

On the shoulders of his three sons and his grandsons, the late King Constantine was led to his final abode near the graves of his parents and other ancestors, in Tatoi.