Architectural tour in Old Xanthi (80')
This route is about 3 km, about 80 minutes and of moderate difficulty. It covers almost the entire area of Old Xanthi, starting from the west and the mansion of Muzafer Bey and ending at the district of Ydragogeiou Street in the north.

Through it and the more than 50 buildings it includes, the visitor will get to know extensively the architecture of Old Xanthi. Walking through its alleys you will observe the morphological features of the mansions and houses, the shops, the schools, the churches and the metropolitan mansion, the inns, community buildings, the mosques, as well as the way in which all these are integrated into the urban fabric of the city. At the same time, he will be initiated into the architectural trends of neoclassicism, eclecticism and traditional architecture, as expressed in the various buildings of the old town.

58. Adamides House

Brief documentation:

This building was erected in the first decade of the 20th century and the original owner was the tobacco broker Nikolaos Adamides, who resold it in 1930 to the tobacco expert Panagiotis Mavroudis, and then the building changed owner again.
In modern times the building housed the cultural space entitled Black Box Gallery.
The central door has a skylight screen above and three levels of arched recesses with three architraves in height. The large windows on the ground floor are surrounded by a decorative frame with brick, frame and corbels on the windowsill. Arched and other decorative elements separate the ground floor from the first floor. Above the main entrance there is a small balcony. On the first floor, the openings are roofed with a stepped cornice and corbels. All windows in the building are covered with French shutters. The roof has a skylight and a triangular elevation.
On the right of the house there is an entrance with a railing, which leads to a courtyard.


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL/HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL/FOLKLORE INTEREST


History:

The building was erected in the first decade of the 20th century and the original owner was the tobacco broker Nikolaos Adamides, who resold it in 1930 to the tobacco expert Panagiotis Mavroudis, and then changed owner again.
In modern times it housed the cultural space called Black Box Gallery.


Elements of architecture:

The central door has a skylight screen above and three levels of arched recesses with three architraves in height. The large windows on the ground floor are surrounded by an brick frame, with frame and corbels on the windowsill. Arched decorative elements separate the ground floor from the first floor. Above the main entrance there is a balcony. The openings on the first floor are covered with a stepped cornice and corbels. All windows are covered with French shutters. The roof has a skylight and a triangular elevation.


Description of other elements:

On the right the house has an entrance with a railing, which leads to a courtyard.


Purpose - Use: Residence, Cultural space


Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Education, Category "A", Decision 5385, Government Gazette 1097/95


Dating (period): First decade of the 20th century


Year of construction: First decade of the 20th century


Location of the monument: 41.14378888659297, 24.88780394204497


Bibliographic references:

•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 48


 Address: Antikas 12


Visitable: No

 

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