60. Katharopoulos Distillery and House – KooKooVaya
Brief documentation:
The building was built at an unknown date. The oldest owner of the building was Theodoros Katharopoulos, who used the ground floor and basement of the building as a distillery, while the first floor was used as a living space.
During modern times it has been repeatedly used as a dining and entertainment area and has the same use today. The distillery in Xanthi has a long history, especially in the area of Avdira which produced from antiquity until today famous wine. There are also ouzo and tsipouro distilleries, while the first Greek rum produced uses sugar cane from the area of Genisea.
The building is a two-storey building with basement, ground floor and first floor. The entrance of the building opens onto Antika Square, the central public space of old Xanthi. The building is characterized by the many openings that offer plenty of lighting inside and by the balconies on the first floor. The windows are surrounded by a simple frame, while there is a stepped cornice under the roof.
Category of thematic interest: ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST
History:
The building was built at an unknown date. The oldest owner of the building was Theodoros Katharopoulos, who used the ground floor and basement of the building as a distillery, while the first floor was used as a living space.
During modern times it has been repeatedly used as a dining and entertainment area and has the same use today. The distillery in Xanthi has a long history, especially in the area of Avdira which produced from antiquity until today famous wine.
Elements of architecture:
The building is a two-storey building with basement, ground floor and first floor. The building is characterized by the many openings that offer plenty of lighting inside and by the balconies on the first floor. The windows are surrounded by a simple frame, while there is a stepped cornice under the roof.
Description of other elements:
The entrance of the building opens onto Antika Square, the central public space of old Xanthi. The distillery in Xanthi has a long history, especially in the area of Avdira which produced from antiquity until today famous wine. There are also ouzo and tsipouro distilleries, while the first Greek rum produced uses sugar cane from the area of Yenisea.
Purpose - Use: Residence, Commercial space
Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Education, Category "C", Decision 5385, Government Gazette 1097/95
Dating (period): Unknown
Year of construction: Unknown
Location of the monument: 41.14196508404297, 24.887526065256598
Bibliographic references:
• D. Mavridis (ed.). Xanthi, the city with a thousand colors. Xanthi, PAKETHRA 2008
Address: Maletsidou 2
Visitable: Yes