ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the interaction between the final siting of official functions and the development of the city of Athens. The particular importance of those functions, especially of those related to culture, made the capital expand and develop according to their placement. That led to a two-way influence between official functions and the city’s expansion, which was not homogeneous, due to several reasons. However, the fragmentary character of nineteenth-century efforts to restore the disturbed balance rendered them ineffective, explaining their continuation to the present day.
