This building, although in an unfortunate state of disrepair due to persistent student sit-ins, is worth visiting because of its connection with the historic student uprisings against the military dictatorship, which were violently put down on 17 November, 1973. There is a monument in honour of the Polytechnic students killed in the Greek Resistance during World War Two, situated in the forecourt of the University, on which students and politicians lay wreaths on the anniversary of the uprising, in order to commemorate the event.