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1st Spata Primary School

The historic building of the 1st Primary School of Spata was built between the years 1928-1930. It is built on a site granted in exchange by the family of Giannakos Bekas, on a natural hill at the location “Pyrgari” today Adamantiou Korai Street.

Today it houses the municipal library “X. Bekas”, and permanent exhibitions concerning local history, primary production activity combined with the promotion of local products and the Medieval traditional costume.

The new use of the building capitalizes on its history and its registered value to the community, while introducing a new model of site management by connecting culture and its activities, folklore and its material, tourist information through new technologies and digital media , business activity with social daily activity and its events.

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The first Primary School is the first public school that was built in the period after 1922 and based on plans by the Ministry of Education.

The construction of the school is part of this era, while the residents participated in every way and volunteered.

During the German occupation the school was commandeered by the occupying forces and the students were dispersed to homes and churches.