Religious monuments of Old Xanthi
This route is about 2.3 km, about 70 minutes and of moderate difficulty. The visitor will have the opportunity to tour religious monuments of old Xanthi. From the Sunne mosque to the chapel of Agioi Theodoroi you will find a reasonable number of Christian churches and chapels, mosques and the Catholic church that testify to the religious identity of the inhabitants and at the same time highlight the multicultural and multireligious character that the city of Xanthi had and still has today.

Their position in the urban fabric of the city highlights the importance of their character (with the layout of secular buildings around them), the need of residents for religious expression and their timeless peaceful coexistence. Of interest are both their architectural configuration and their interior decoration with icons, frescoes, wood carvings on the iconostasis in Christian churches and tiles with floral decoration in the mihrab of the mosques.

72. Holy Trinity Chapel

Brief documentation:

In the parking lot that now exists in the area there used to be a large two-storey house, owned by someone named Meraklis, according to oral testimonies. This house was the residence of the metropolitan for a short time, until the damaged metropolitan palace was repaired.
In the courtyard of this house there was a Chapel of the Holy Trinity. Today in the same area, which belongs to the opposite church of the Akathist Hymn and is a private parking lot, there is a newer chapel also dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is a small, one-room building. It has a gabled roof with tiles, which extends to the west to house an outdoor introductory space. Small windows open on the sides of the building. The apse of the altar protrudes to the east and has a separate, lower roof. The chapel is surrounded by a guardrail.
The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is located at 18 Vyronos Street, in the courtyard of a privately owned residence, which today has been demolished and a few parts of it are preserved in ruins.


Category of thematic interest:  RELIGIOUS INTEREST


History:

In the parking lot that now exists in the area there used to be a large two-storey house, owned by someone named Meraklis, according to oral testimonies. This house was the residence of the metropolitan for a short time, until the damaged metropolitan palace was repaired.
In the courtyard of this house there was a Chapel of the Holy Trinity. Today in the same area, which belongs to the opposite church of the Akathist Hymn and is a private parking lot, there is a newer chapel also dedicated to the Holy Trinity.


Elements of architecture:

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is a small, one-room building. It has a gabled roof with tiles, which extends to the west to house an outdoor introductory space. Small windows open on the sides of the building. The apse of the altar protrudes to the east and has a separate, lower roof. The chapel is surrounded by a guardrail.


Description of other elements:

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is located at 18 Vyronos Street, in the courtyard of a privately owned residence, which today has been demolished and a few parts of it are preserved in ruins.


Purpose - Use: Church building


Characterization: Government Gazette 612B/30-4-1976 and Government Gazette 661/Β/17-5-1976, Government Gazette 1097/14.12-1995


Dating (period): Unknown


Year of construction: Unknown


Location of the monument: 41.14458505605264, 24.885778793319147


Bibliographic references:

•    "Churches, Monasteries and Chapels of the Old Town", Thomas Exarchou, Old Town Celebrations, 2000
•    "The Churches of Old Xanthi", Georgios Tsigaras, Municipal Development Enterprise of Xanthi, Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou, 2008


 Address: Vyronos 18


Visitable: No

 

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