On Saturday, the president of the Onassis Basis, Antonis S. Papadimitriou, and the president of the Hellenic Cultural Basis, Nikos A. Koukis, welcomed the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, who inaugurated the renovated Cavafy Home, within the presence of the Minister of Tradition, Linas Mendoni .
The Cavafy home, the place the main poet wrote his vital work, has been handed over to the general public once more, with rooms filled with vital objects that illuminate the world poet’s life, with the purpose of changing into a pole of attraction for guests from everywhere in the world. The restoration of the home was completed by the Onassis Basis in collaboration with the Hellenic Cultural Basis.
The inauguration came about within the presence of the consul basic of Alexandria, Ioannis Pyrgakis, the Greek ambassador in Cairo, Nikolaos Papageorgiou, the scientific committee of the Cavafy Archive, the Board of Administrators of the Onassis Basis, a delegation of members of the Board of Administrators of the Hellenic Cultural Basis, the Director of Tradition of the Basis Onassis, Afroditis Panagiotakou, the Director of Training of the Onassis Basis, Efis Tsiotsiou, and the consultant of the Cavafy Archive, Marianna Christofi.
CP Cavafy settled within the 2nd ground condominium of what was then 10 Rue Lepsius (now Rue CP Cavafy 4, previously Rue Sharm el Sheikh) in 1907. He stayed there for a yr, collectively along with his older brother, Paul. . The next yr Paul retired and moved completely to France, to the town of Hyères, and since then the poet lived alone on this condominium. After his loss of life, the home operated for some years as a boarding home below the title Amir, amongst different makes use of.
Underneath the architectural examine of the Flux-office by Eva Manidakis and Thanasis Demiri, the place the place Ok.P. Cavafys lived most of his life and created dozens of the works that made him a world poet was restored and transformed, in order that to deliver out the picture of the residence because it was in the course of the years the poet lived, to light up his relationship with the town of Alexandria and the influence of his work till right this moment, but additionally to take us again in time. Footage of his biography take form in an condominium within the heart of Alexandria.
Every room of the Cavafy home has a reputation and consists of nice heirlooms, devoted copies of paperwork, works from the life and work of the Alexandrian poet, but additionally up to date artistic endeavors, which had been additionally chosen with the assistance of educational advisors for the renovated home.
“Dialogue between Athens – Alexandria”
The president of the Onassis Basis, Antonis S. Papadimitriou, says, on the event of the opening: “The Onassis Basis and I personally really feel proud that our sponsorship led to the restoration of the Cavafy home in Alexandria, in collaboration with the Hellenic Cultural Basis. It’s the place the place Cavafy lived most of his life and created dozens of works in fixed dialogue with Historical past. One other “dialogue” now begins between Athens and Alexandria, recommending a single path of analysis and search. In Alexandria we tried to offer a way of the life and area during which the poet moved, a way solely from his life. Thus, in Alexandria is the place the place Cavafy lived and in Athens the issues with which he lived”.
The president of the Hellenic Basis for Tradition, Nikos A. Koukis, notes: “For the Hellenic Basis for Tradition, the opening of the recreated Cavafy home in Alexandria, a posh venture, which was undertaken fully by the Onassis Basis, is an occasion of main significance.”
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