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Benefactors of the Greek Orthodox community of Xanthi
This route is about 2 km, about 60 minutes and of moderate difficulty. In it, the visitor will be able to tour buildings of architectural or religious interest at the same time, which were either built thanks to the donation of a benefactor from Xanthi, or are related to the residence or shop of the benefactor's family.

The role of benefactors was particularly important for the Greek Orthodox Christian populations during the Ottoman period, since they took care of the construction and decoration of schools, churches and buildings of public character (e.g. clubs) and thus contributed to the preservation of the ethnic and religious identity of the community.

The visitor starts from the chapel of Zoodochos Pigi on Lefkou Pyrgou Street and ends at the chapel of Agia Paraskevi in the heart of the old town. Along the way he will learn about the tobacco benefactors An. Sigalas, P. Stalios, M. Matsinis, the Kougioumtzoglou family, the teacher D. Chasirtzoglou, M. Floris etc. He will also "meet" the metropolitans of Xanthi and Peritheoriou Eugenios, under whose guidance and encouragement the churches of the old town were rebuilt and decorated after the catastrophic earthquake of 1829, and Ioakeim Sgouros, who rebuilt the Metropolitan Mansion and part of the monasteries.

Important were also the donations of professional guilds to the churches, such as the shoemakers' and the cobblers’ unions, which donated to the church of Akathist Hymn the icon of the Holy Trinity, or of Epirotan G. Kagialidis, who dedicated to the Metropolitan Church the icon of St. George of Ioannina, or of the Velios family, who donated several icons to Kavaki.

32. P. Stalios Mansion – Democritus University of Thrace Building

Brief documentation:

The mansion was built in the last quarter of the 19th century by the tobacco merchant Panagiotis Stalios as his residence. The place hosted in the 1990s a well-known café-bar.
P. Stalios, born in 1812, was an important benefactor of the city, with rich social and cultural work. He built another mansion opposite 5 Venizelou Street, while he gave money for the construction in 1881 of a kindergarten (today's 1st Kindergarten of Xanthi) in Mitropoleos Square, behind the Matsinis school, i.e. today's 1st Primary School of Xanthi. The same benefactor donated the original land where the cemetery of Xanthi stands today.
The Stalios mansion is a peculiar building with a curved pediment, an element found in Northern Thrace. At the curved end of the roof, which is the characteristic of its façade, the attic is formed, with three arched openings in the center and four small square windows, placed on the same vertical axes as those of the first floor. The building today belongs to the Democritus University of Thrace.
The mansion has a public fountain on its back side, on Agiou Georgiou Street, with the marble dedicatory inscription "1885. P. STALLIOU".

Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST

History:

The mansion was built in the last quarter of the 19th century by the tobacco merchant Panagiotis Stalios as his residence. The place hosted in the 1990s a well-known café-bar.
P. Stalios was an important benefactor of the city, with rich social and cultural work. He built another mansion opposite 5 Venizelou Street, while he gave money for the construction in 1881 of a kindergarten (today's 1st Kindergarten of Xanthi) in Mitropoleos Square, behind the Matsinis school, i.e. today's 1st Primary School of Xanthi. The same benefactor donated the original land where the cemetery of Xanthi stands today. 

Elements of architecture:

The Stalios mansion is a peculiar building with a curved pediment, an element found in Northern Thrace. At the curved end of the roof, which is the characteristic of its façade, the attic is formed, with three arched openings in the center and four small square windows, placed on the same vertical axes as those of the first floor. The building today belongs to the Democritus University of Thrace.

Description of other elements:

The mansion has a public fountain on its back side, on Agiou Georgiou Street, with the marble dedicatory inscription "1885. P. STALLIOU".

Purpose - Use: Residence, Commercial space, University building

Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Culture, Decision DILAP/C/393/7562, Government Gazette 236/89

Dating (period): Last quarter of the 19th century

Year of construction: 1885

Location of the monument: 41.14132, 24.88713

Bibliographic references:

•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 136

 Address: Eleftheriou Venizelou 2

Visitable: No

 

24. Greek Community Club – F.E.X. House of Culture 24. Greek Community Club – F.E.X. House of Culture 34. Mansion of P. Stalios – Hellenic Red Cross 34. Mansion of P. Stalios – Hellenic Red Cross
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