Hans Christian Hansen (20 April 1803 – 2 May 1883) was a Historicist Danish architect who worked 18 years in Greece where he was active in the transformation of Athens from a small town to the country’s capital and an international metropolis. Later in his career he returned to Denmark where he became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and designed buildings such as the Copenhagen Municipal Hospital and the Østervold Observatory.
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birth date
1803-04-20
birth place
Copenhagen, Denmark
death date
1883-05-02
death place
Copenhagen, Denmark
nationality
Denmark
significant building
Østervold Observatory, Copenhagen Municipal Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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