Villa Bianca (Thessaloniki)
Villa Bianca or Villa Fernandez is the name of a famous mansion in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is located in Vassilisis Olgas street and was built in the early 20th century as a residence for Dino Fernandez Diaz and his family. The architect was Pietro Arrigoni.
Of Italo-Jewish origin, Fernandez was an wealthy merchant and industrialist of the city.
The villa passed to his daughter, where she lived with her Christian husband, and was later confiscated and used by the Germans during the Axis occupation of Greece. To escape from the Nazis, Dino Fernandez Diaz, with other members of his family, fled to Italy, but they were murdered in 1943 by the SS.
The building has elements of eclecticist architecture, like many other buildings of that period in the city.
From 2013 it houses the Municipal Art Gallery.
Sources
- Casa Bianca -Η ζωή στη Θεσσαλονίκη γύρω στα 1900/Το αρχοντικό του Dino Fernandez Diaz- Ιστορική σκιαγραφία και μελέτη αναστηλώσεως, του Ν.Κ.Μουτσόπουλου, Θεσσαλονίκη 1998
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