Word: asomaton
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Dates: during 1888-1888
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...public grounds, partly occupied by public buildings. Here on the western side is the hospital Evangelion, and higher up the hill a plot of ground for a Normal School, the building for which has not yet been erected. On the eastern side is the old monastery of the Asomaton, now occupied as officers' barracks, standing picturesquely in the midst of trees, one of the few groves in Attica, the successor of the ancient sanctuary and gymnasium of Cynosarges, which occupied this spot. In the central portion is a small park, and above this and the open grounds of the hospital...
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