Dancing in squares and gardens!
The route is about 3 km long, lasts about 80 minutes and is of moderate difficulty.

Following it you will meet some of the cultural associations that are active in the old town of Xanthi and have dance groups and rich cultural activity throughout the year!

It will also accompany you to public places and squares, where small feasts are set up during the Old Town Festivals, so it is advisable to follow it in late August-early September. It will also accompany you to mansion gardens or amphitheatrical spots, where you can rest your gaze, while admiring the natural environment within the urban landscape or the beautiful panoramic view of the city and the plain of Xanthi!

13. House of Kountoglou – Alata

Brief documentation:

This house was built in the district of Kavaki, near the Christian church of Pammegistoi Taxiarchs, during the late Ottoman period by Kyriakos Kountoglou and in 1911 it was sold to colonial goods dealer Leonidas Alatas. In 1929 the building was resold by him to Loukas Tsolakidis, who was also a merchant by profession. A few years after his death, in 1976, his wife sold this house to a relative, Emmanuel Vafiadis. Today the building still serves as a residence.
It is a two-story tiled residence of middle class character, which is built with symmetry and according to the standards of neoclassicism. It has a semi-basement, ground floor and upper floor. The exterior of the building includes quite simple decoration with false pillars and false capitals, a stepped cornice on the windows but also between the ground floor and the first floor, as well as on the coronation of the masonry. There are also elaborate iron bars with propellers on the ground floor windows.


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST


History:

This house was built during the late Ottoman period by Kyriakos Kountoglou in the district of Kavaki and in 1911 it was sold to the colonial merchant Leonidas Alatas. In 1929 the building was bought by Loukas Tsolakidis, who was also a merchant by profession. A few years after his death, in 1976, his wife sold this house to a relative, Emmanuel Vafiadis. Today the building still serves as a residence.


Elements of architecture:

It is a two-storey tiled residence of middle class character, which is built with symmetry and according to the standards of neoclassicism. It has a semi-basement, ground floor and upper floor. The exterior of the building includes quite simple decoration with false pillars and false capitals, a stepped cornice on the windows but also between the ground floor and the first floor, as well as on the coronation of the masonry.


Description of other elements:

There are elaborate iron bars with propellers on the windows of the ground floor.


Purpose - Use: Residence


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


Dating (period): Early 20th century


Year of construction: Early 20th century


Monument location: 41.144640, 24.889309


Bibliographic references:

•    Thomas Exarchou, Islets of Xanthi 2, Xanthi 2003
•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 66


 Address: Orfeos 66


Visitable: No

 

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