Spyros Kokotos

15 km south of the city of Herakleion, while attending secondary education at the "Lyceum Korais" (Greek: Λύκειον "Ο Κοραής").

He was admitted to the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens (Greek: Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο) in 1953.

In 1959, Spyros Kokotos was drafted in the Hellenic Navy and received a military commission as an ensign (Greek: Επίκουρος Σημαιοφόρος) in December 1959.

Αυτόνομος Οικοδομικός Οργανισμός Αξιωματικών) and was charged with architectural work on the expansion of the "General Papagos" suburb (Greek: οικισμός Στρατηγού Παπάγου) in Athens.

Spyros Kokotos is more widely recognised for and accredited with the creation of the luxurious hotels and resorts of Elounda in his native Crete.