Albanians, founders of the Athens Academy ( in Albanian and in English)
Që në vitet e para të Revolucionit të 1821, luftëtarët e lirisë kishin dëshirë të themelonin Akademinë, sepse besonin se arma më e fuqishme ndër të gjitha ishte ndriçimi i trurit.
U bënë shumë përpjekje për të hapur Akademinë, por dështuan. Vetëm në vitin 1926 ministri i atëhershëm i arsimit Dhimitër Egjiniti, arvanitas nga Egjina, raportoi dhe u botuan Urdhëresat Kryesore më 18 mars 1925 dhe u bë realitet Akademia e Athinës me pamjen e brendshme dhe misionin e sotëm.
Ndërtesa ku strehohet Akademia ka një histori interesante.
Më 1856 tregtari i pasur nga Voskopoja e Korçës në Vjenë të Austrisë, Simon Sina, dëshironte t’i bënte një dhuratë të madhe Greqisë, brenda në Athinë. Simon Sina ishte djali i Gjergj Sinës ish Konsull i Përgjithshëm në vitin 1834 i qeverisë greke në Austri.
Familja Sina ishin me origjinë nga Bithkuqi (sot Vithkuq) i Korçës, por që andej ishin ngulur në Voskopojë dhe më vonë u vendosën në Vjenë. (http://konica.al/2017/07/miliarderet-sina-nje-dinasti-shkelqimi-voskopojar-ne-zemer-te-vjenes/)
Kështu Simon Sina për dhuratën që dëshironte të bënte në Athinë e bisedon me ambasadorin e Greqisë në Austri, z.Skina, dhe ai menjëherë i diktoi të ndërtojë pallatin e Akademisë. Sina e pranoi dhe i paraqiti planet inxhinierit Teofil Hanse, i cili na dha kryeveprën që është akoma sot ndërtesa e Akademisë.
Natyrisht punuan shumë artistë, mjeshtra ndërtimi, skluptorë dhe piktorë, por çelësi ishte Teofil Hanseni.
Më 1859 filluan punimet e para. Në vitin 1863 Sina ndërpreu punimet, sepse, siç është shprehur, erdhi në front mbreti Othon. Mërzia i kaloi pas disa vitesh, dhe më 1868, ky bamirës vendosi të rifillojë punimet.
Më 15 prill 1876, Simon Sina vdes duke lënë trashëgimtar vetëm dy vajza dhe, në bazë të testamentit të tij, e vazhdoi dhe e mbaroi veprën që ai nisi, gruaja e tij Ifigjenia Sina më 1885.
Kur u hapën portat e Akademisë më 1885, Ifigjen Sina i dha si dhuratë kryeministrit Deljani 800.000 mijë dhrahmi, por ai nuk e pranoi dhuratën.
Vitin tjetër Harrilla Trikupi u interesua për atë shumë tepër të madhe për kohën, por atëherë trashëgimtarët e Sinës ishin varfëruar.
Kështu hapja e Akademisë së Athinës u dedikohet, pra, dy arvanitasve të vërtetë, Teodor Pangallo, që ishte atëherë në brendësi të punimeve, dhe arvanitasit tjetër Dhimitri Egjiniti, që ishte atëherë ministër i Arsimit.
Vallë a është rastësi, që me armët e shqiptarit u bë Greqia e re?
Ndoshta! Vallë rastësi, që zgjuarsia shqiptare formoi dhe zhvilloi trurin e Akademisë së Athinës?
Ndoshta! Është më e pëlqyeshme kështu se sa të mbahet në heshtje dhe ky fakt i vërtetë i kontributit shqiptar për krijimin dhe ecurinë e Akademisë së Athinës, vatra e zhvillimit të shkencës greke.
(u shfrytëzuan materialet e historianit Arben Llalla)
For the creation of the new Greek state, the Albanians or the Arvanitas have contributed in all directions for the progress of Greece. The Arvanitas were the first professors to establish the Athens Academy.
From the early years of the Revolution of 1821, freedom fighters wanted to establish the Academy because they believed that the most powerful weapon of all was enlightenment.
Many attempts were made to open the Academy, but failed. It was only in 1926 that the then Minister of Education, Dimitri Egjiniti, an Arvanitas from Aegina, reported and published the Major Orders on March 18, 1925, and the Athens Academy became a reality with its present-day interior and mission.
The building where the Academy is housed has an interesting story.
In 1856 the wealthy merchant from the Korça Voskopo in Vienna, Austria, Simon Sina, wanted to make a great gift to Greece, inside Athens. Simon Sina was the son of George Sina, the former Consul General in 1834 of the Greek government in Austria.
The Sina family were originally from Bithkuqi (today Vithkuq) of Korça, but from there they settled in Voskopoja and later settled in Vienna. (Http://konica.al/2017/07/miliarderet-sina-nje-dinasti-shkelqimi-voskopojar-ne-zemer-te-vjenes/)
So Simon Sina talks to the Greek ambassador to Austria, Mr. Skina, about the gift he wants to make in Athens, and he immediately orders them to build the Academy's palace. Sina accepted and presented the plans to engineer Theophilus Hanse, who gave us the masterpiece that is still the Academy building today.
Of course many artists, construction masters, sculptors and painters worked, but the key was Teofil Hansen.
In 1859 the first works began. In 1863 Sinai stopped working because, as it is said, King Othon came to the front. Boredom passed after a few years, and in 1868, this charity decided to resume work.
On April 15, 1876, Simon Sina dies leaving only two daughters, and, according to his will, he continued and completed the work he began, his wife Ifigjenia Sina in 1885.
When the gates of the Academy were opened in 1885, Ifigjen Sina gave Prime Minister Deljani 800,000 drachmas as a gift, but he declined the gift.
The next year Harrilla Trikupi became interested in him too much for the time, but then Sinai's heirs were depleted.
Thus the opening of the Athens Academy is therefore dedicated to two true Arvanitas, Teodor Pangallo, who was then in the works, and the other Arvanitas, Dimitri Eginiti, who was then Minister of Education.
Is it a coincidence that the weapons of the Albanians became the new Greece?
Maybe! Is it a coincidence that Albanian intelligence formed and developed the brain of the Athens Academy?
Maybe! It is more pleasing than keeping quiet and this true fact of the Albanian contribution to the creation and progress of the Athens Academy, the focal point of the development of Greek science.
(materials used by historian Arben Llalla)
From the early years of the Revolution of 1821, freedom fighters wanted to establish the Academy because they believed that the most powerful weapon of all was enlightenment.
Many attempts were made to open the Academy, but failed. It was only in 1926 that the then Minister of Education, Dimitri Egjiniti, an Arvanitas from Aegina, reported and published the Major Orders on March 18, 1925, and the Athens Academy became a reality with its present-day interior and mission.
The building where the Academy is housed has an interesting story.
In 1856 the wealthy merchant from the Korça Voskopo in Vienna, Austria, Simon Sina, wanted to make a great gift to Greece, inside Athens. Simon Sina was the son of George Sina, the former Consul General in 1834 of the Greek government in Austria.
The Sina family were originally from Bithkuqi (today Vithkuq) of Korça, but from there they settled in Voskopoja and later settled in Vienna. (Http://konica.al/2017/07/miliarderet-sina-nje-dinasti-shkelqimi-voskopojar-ne-zemer-te-vjenes/)
So Simon Sina talks to the Greek ambassador to Austria, Mr. Skina, about the gift he wants to make in Athens, and he immediately orders them to build the Academy's palace. Sina accepted and presented the plans to engineer Theophilus Hanse, who gave us the masterpiece that is still the Academy building today.
Of course many artists, construction masters, sculptors and painters worked, but the key was Teofil Hansen.
In 1859 the first works began. In 1863 Sinai stopped working because, as it is said, King Othon came to the front. Boredom passed after a few years, and in 1868, this charity decided to resume work.
On April 15, 1876, Simon Sina dies leaving only two daughters, and, according to his will, he continued and completed the work he began, his wife Ifigjenia Sina in 1885.
When the gates of the Academy were opened in 1885, Ifigjen Sina gave Prime Minister Deljani 800,000 drachmas as a gift, but he declined the gift.
The next year Harrilla Trikupi became interested in him too much for the time, but then Sinai's heirs were depleted.
Thus the opening of the Athens Academy is therefore dedicated to two true Arvanitas, Teodor Pangallo, who was then in the works, and the other Arvanitas, Dimitri Eginiti, who was then Minister of Education.
Is it a coincidence that the weapons of the Albanians became the new Greece?
Maybe! Is it a coincidence that Albanian intelligence formed and developed the brain of the Athens Academy?
Maybe! It is more pleasing than keeping quiet and this true fact of the Albanian contribution to the creation and progress of the Athens Academy, the focal point of the development of Greek science.
(materials used by historian Arben Llalla)
