Tatoi Palace

Tatoi, located 5 km north of Athens's suburbs, and 27 km from the Athenian Acropolis was the summer palace and 10,000 acre estate of the former Greek Royal Family, and the site of George II of the Hellenes's birth. The area is a densely wooded southeast-facing slope of Mount Parnitha, and its ancient and current official name is Decelea.

European Temperature Record

Tatoi along with Elefsina currently hold the official record for the highest ever recorded temperature in Europe with 48.0°C

Court Rulings

The estate was confiscated in controversial circumstances some years after the declaration of the Hellenic Republic. Its confiscation, and the confiscation of other property of the deposed and exiled King, Constantine II, without any compensation, led to a court case in the European Court of Justice. The king's argument centered on the claim that the property in question was acquired by his predecessors by legal means and was therefore subject to regular personal inheritance. The Greek state argued that the property was either used by the royal family by virtue of its sovereign status or obtained by taking advantage of that status, and therefore, once the monarchy was abolished, the property should revert to public ownership automatically. The Court struck a midway course in reaching its verdict and ordered the Hellenic Republic to pay the exiled king compensation, of a small fraction of less than 1% of its worth, while allowing the Greek state to retain ownership of the property. In June 2007, the Greek government says it intends to turn the former palace and grounds into a museum.

Buried at Tatoi

Buried in the Tatoi Royal Cemetery are:

Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (March 26, 1880 – 21 October 1880)
Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess of Russia (August 30, 1870 – September 24, 1891) - (wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia)
George I, King of the Hellenes (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913)
Alexander I, King of the Hellenes (August 1, 1893 – October 25, 1920)
Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (August 2, 1868 – February 6, 1923)
Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Queen of the Hellenes (September 3, 1851 – June 18, 1926) - (wife of George I, King of the Hellenes)
Princess Sophia of Prussia, Queen of the Hellenes (June 14, 1870 – January 13, 1932) - (wife of Constantine I, King of the Hellenes)
Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (January 22, 1872 – February 8, 1938)
Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (August 10, 1888 – January 21, 1940)
Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess of Russia (March 3, 1876 – December 14, 1940) - (wife of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia)
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (January 20, 1882 – December 3, 1944)
George II, King of the Hellenes (July 19, 1890 – April 1, 1947)
Princess Françoise of Orléans (December 25, 1902 – February 25, 1953) - (wife of Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark)
Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (January 17, 1882 – March 13, 1957) - (wife of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark)
Prince George of Greece and Denmark (June 24, 1869 – November 25, 1957)
Princess Marie Bonaparte (July 2, 1882 – September 21, 1962) - (wife of Prince George of Greece and Denmark)
Paul I, King of the Hellenes (December 14, 1901 – March 6, 1964)
Aspasia Manos, Princess of Greece and Denmark (September 4, 1896 – August 7, 1972) - (wife of Alexander I, King of the Hellenes)
Princess Frederica of Hanover, Queen of the Hellenes (April 18, 1917 – February 6, 1981) - (wife of Paul I, King of the Hellenes)
Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia (March 25, 1921 – January 30, 1993) - (wife of Peter II, King of Yugoslavia)
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Lady Brandram (May 4, 1913 – October 2, 2007)

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