Editing Greek Revival architecture (section)

===Greece===
[[File:Attica 06-13 Athens 28 Academy of Athens.jpg|right|thumb|The main building of the [[Academy of Athens (modern)|Academy of Athens]], one of [[Theophil Hansen]]'s trilogy of Greek Revival structures in central [[Athens]]]]
Following the [[Greek War of Independence]], [[Romantic Nationalism|Romantic Nationalist]] ideology encouraged the use of historically Greek architectural styles in place of [[Ottoman architecture|Ottoman]] or pan-European ones. Classical architecture was used for secular public buildings, while [[Byzantine architecture]] was preferred for churches.

Examples of Greek Revival architecture in Greece include the [[Old Royal Palace]] (now the home of the [[Parliament of Greece]]), the [[Academy of Athens (modern)|Academy]] and [[University of Athens]], the [[Zappeion]], and the [[National Library of Greece]]. The most prominent architects in this style were northern Europeans such as [[Christian Hansen (architect)|Christian]] and [[Theophil Hansen]] and [[Ernst Ziller]] and German-trained Greeks such as [[Stamatios Kleanthis]] and [[Panagis Kalkos]].
Despite the prestige of [[ancient Greece]] among Europe's educated elite, most people had minimal direct knowledge of the ancient Greek civilization before the middle of the 18th century. The monuments of Greek antiquity were known chiefly from [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] and other literary sources. Visiting [[Ottoman Greece]] was difficult and dangerous business prior to the period of stagnation beginning with the [[Great Turkish War]]. Few tourists visited [[Athens]] during the first half of the 18th century, and none made any significant study of the architectural ruins.<ref>{{Harvnb|Crook|1972|pp=1–6}}</ref>

It was not until the expedition to Greece funded by the [[Society of Dilettanti]] of 1751 by [[James "Athenian" Stuart]] and [[Nicholas Revett]] that serious archaeological inquiry began in earnest. Stuart and Revett's findings, published in 1762 (first volume) as ''The Antiquities of Athens'',<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/j/james_stuart_and_nicholas_reve.aspx "The Antiquities of Athens"], British Museum</ref> along with Julien-David Le Roy's ''{{lang|fr|Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce}}'' (1758) were the first accurate surveys of ancient Greek architecture.<ref>{{Harvnb|Crook|1972|pp=13–18}}.</ref>

The rediscovery of the three relatively easily accessible Greek temples at [[Paestum]] in [[Southern Italy]] created huge interest throughout Europe, and prints by [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi]] and others were widely circulated. The [[Napoleonic Wars]] denied access to France and Italy to traditional Grand Tourists, especially from Britain. Aided by close diplomatic relations between Britain and the [[Sublime Porte|Porte]], British travellers, artists and architects went to Greece and Turkey in ever larger numbers to study ancient Greek monuments and excavate or collect antiquities. The Greek War of Independence ended in 1832; [[Lord Byron]]'s participation and death during this had brought it additional prominence.