Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park (LTCP)

Τhe Pb and Ag mines complex of Lavrion dated in classical antiquity, after centuries of mining and metallurgical inactivity become operative in the late 1890’s. Lavrion then becomes one of the most important industrial centers in Greece suffering a severe degradation of the environment due to the intense mining and metallurgical activity. Eventually, the complex of Lavrio having faced several cycles of crisis ceased its operation during the late1980'sending up only with environmental issues and a blear economic prospect. Between 1994 and 1997 a rehabilitation program was designed and deployed by National Technical University of Athens, transforming the old mine complex into the Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park (LTCP), a body of scientific research, education, business and culture. The NTUA Asset Management and Development Corporation (NTUA AMDC) undertook, under the Program “Competitiveness” funded by the Ministry of Development and the EU, the implementation of the project: "Soil Rehabilitation and supplemental infrastructure at LTCP" to conduct a vital environmental intervention on a heavily polluted site like LTCP. Nowadays the services provided by LTCP in its renovated facilities, support research, education and technology. LTCP is the only Technology Park in Attica, which specializes in areas - keys of modern applied technology, such as information, electronics, telecommunications, robotics etc, restoring Lavrion back to its rightful leading position.