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One of the most famous landmarks of Athens has its inhabitants again at your disposal from today: Omonia Square, which was rebuilt and acquired its famous fountain again. Omonia Square is no longer a gray traffic junction but a beautiful meeting point as it happened in previous decades, but it is also part of the Great City Walk that will be created in the next period by the Municipality of Athens.
With the kind offer of important donors, Omonia Square once again has the beautiful huge fountain, one of the largest in volume of water in all of Europe, with a diameter of 30 meters whose central jet shakes the water at a height of 20 meters and has a total of 188 water beams and 177 underwater lighthouses that create a pandemonium of light and color, “as indicated by a relevant announcement from the municipality.
“Omonia is also becoming an oasis of freshness, as large fountains reduce the temperature to a significant radius, while continuous recirculation of foaming water absorbs pollutants from the atmosphere. At the same time, its innovative design is It was made in such a way that it works with an extremely smaller amount of water compared to conventional constructions, further reducing its environmental footprint in combination with extremely low energy consumption using high technology, “he stressed in the announcement. The fountain was planted with grass and the rest of the plaza, with a total area of 4.5 acres, was covered with ecological materials that especially during the summer months. They lower the temperature. George Zongolopoulos’ great sculptural sculpture also works again after many years.
The municipality of Athens also underlines the “decisive contribution of large and important companies and institutions” in this radical reconstruction of the square. The big donors of the project, according to the municipality, were the “Athanasios K. Laskaridis Public Benefits Foundation” with generous funds, the “Fontana Fountains” that built the fountain, the “ELLAKTOR Group” that was in charge of it. execution of all construction works and had through its subsidiary “TOMI” the general coordination and supervision of the construction site. Especially for the unique sculpture of Zongolopoulos, the donation of the Onassis Foundation was decisive, giving the possibility of its complete reopening after years. The following companies also contributed to the completion of the project: “LANDCO LTD”, “AGROHOUM SA”, “KERGON IKE” and “Green Code – G.X. Bakoulas & Co. EE”. The works, the municipality says, were completed in late February, but were not delivered due to the unprecedented health crisis and traffic restrictions that followed.
In a statement, the mayor of Athens, Costas Bakogiannis, emphasized that “Athens and its people are recovering their public space.” Each emblematic point of the city restores its imprint on its daily life and culture. This is also done with Omonia, which returns to citizens, not as a crossing point but as a point of reference and destination. “Omonia, he points out,” is part of the mosaic created by the Great Promenade. It complements and highlights it. We are proud of every inch of free space given to Athenians and Athenians. “
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