Kostas Biris

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Kostas Biris (1899-1980), also known as Konstantinos Biris (in Greek Κώστας or Κωνσταντίνος Μπίρης), was a well-know Greek architect and city planner, but also a folklorist.

[edit] Books, studies and publications

• 1940, Churches of old Athens
• 1942, Gypsies: folklore and ethnological study
• 1945, About placenames in Athens
• 1946, Recontruction plan for the Capital city
  • includes a plan for a unified archaeological park, on the areas of Acropolis, Plaka, Dimosiou Simatos and Iera Odos.
• 1952, Karaghiozis: The Greek Folk Theater
• 1954, Rom and gypsies: Ethnography and history of tzigane
• 1957, History of NTUA
• 1957, The Young Bloods of Roumeli in the Greek Shadow Theater, (periodical Nea Estia 61)
• 1958, For modern Athens, studies and contests
• 1960, Arvanites, the Dorians of modern Hellenism, history of Arvanites Greeks
• 1962, Apostle Paul in Athens
• 1966, Athens from the 19th to the 20th century

[edit] See also

Arvanites

[edit] External links

• Unification of the archaeological sites of Athens - Hellenic Ministry of Culture
• Town planning in Greece - D. Philippides
• Churches on Psirri - book excerpt in Greek, "History of Psirri", by Yiannis Kaerofylas