Attica Mall

A modern temple of consumerism in one of the most imposing buildings in Athens. The impressive building occupying the entire block between Stadiou, Amerikis, Panepistimiou and Voukourestiou Streets, formerly the Army Share Fund (Metochiko Tameio Stratou) Building, today houses the attica department store. From the reign of King Otto until the years of the Second Hellenic Republic, the royal stables stood on this site. After many fruitless competitions for the use of the plot, architects Vasileios Kassandras and Leonidas Bonis won the 1927 competition, and the imposing building of the Army Share Fund, which by then owned the site, was erected to their designs. The building follows the interwar European classicism, combining elements of the Greek classical tradition with some Art Deco features. Until the early 21st century it housed shops, businesses, theatres and cinemas. Following its renovation, it was turned into an impressive department store with some of the most beautiful themed shop windows in Athens.