Charalambos Bouras

Bouras was an engineer for the Save the Parthenon program, a part of Greece's effort to preserve and restore the national monuments on the Acropolis.

Academic career

Bouras received a diploma in Architectural Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in 1952. In the following years he joined the Greek Archaeological Service as a member of the Directorate of Restoration of Ancient and Historic Monuments. In this role, he undertook the study and restoration of the fifth-century B.C.E. stoa at the Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron (1961–1962). He then continued his studies at the Université de Paris (École Pratique des Hautes Études) under the supervision of André Grabar, receiving a doctorate in1964. He received a further doctorate from the Polytechnic School of Thessaloniki in 1966.

Bouras was a visiting fellow at Dumbarton Oaks 1977-8 and made a Fellow in 1983-4. He later became Professor Emeritus at the National Technical University of Athens and was made Chairman of The Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA) in 1985. He worked on the restoration of the Acropolis monuments for over 40 years and was one of the founding members of the Acropolis Restoration Service. He co-authored the first volume on Europa Nostra's restoration of the Parthenon and published a book on the Nea Moni of Chios. Photographs attributed to Charalambos and Laskarina Bouras are held by the Conway Library whose archive of primarily architectural images is being digitised under the wider Courtauld Connects project.