Eclectic buildings of Old Xanthi
Through this route, about 1 km. and of low difficulty, the visitor has the opportunity to get to know the practice of eclecticism, as expressed in the buildings of old Xanthi. The route, about 50 minutes, starts from the area next to the river Kosynthos and ends at the western boundaries of the old town with the modern city, on the uphill slopes of the road leading to Stavroupoli.

Eclecticism is an architectural style of the 19th and 20th centuries, in which a variety of elements from various eras and styles are selected and used, in a single building. In Xanthi it is recognized on the facades of houses of rich tobacco merchants and other buildings.

More specifically, influences from neoclassicism (e.g. absolute symmetry, verticality) are recognized, while individual elements bear influences from Art Deco (e.g. strong decorative mood), central Europe (e.g. turret roof configuration or turret development), English Baroque (e.g. the use of red brick) and Romanesque style (e.g. arched openings and curved arches).

89. Iordanidis Building

Brief documentation:

It is a building built in an unknown chronological period. Today it belongs to the family of Michael N. Iordanidis and is used as a law office.
It is a large two-storey building, with ground floor and first floor. It has neoclassical features and art deco style. It is distinguished for the simplicity of its morphology and the many openings both on the ground floor and on the first floor.
Some of the features of the building are the simple frames and cornices on the windows of both the ground floor and the first floor, the dividing line between the two levels, the stepped cornices on the façade as well as the supporting corbels where the balcony and its roof lie.
The angular serrated pilasters with overhead are created by alternating placement of rectangular stone sections. The cornerstones, the large rectangular chipped stones that entered the corners of the building, were placed alternately in the corner, one from their long and one from their narrow side.
This was done to achieve greater stability.
On the roof there are antefixes at the corners. Due to the configuration of the floors of the building and the available space of the plot, the roof is configured as multifaceted. 


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST


History:

It is a building built in an unknown chronological period. Today it belongs to the family of Michael N. Iordanidis and is used as a law office.


Elements of architecture:

It is a large two-storey building, with ground floor and first floor. It has neoclassical features and art deco style. It is distinguished for the simplicity of its morphology and the many openings both on the ground floor and on the first floor.
Some of the features of the building are the simple frames and cornices on the windows of both the ground floor and the first floor, the dividing line between the two levels, the stepped cornices on the façade as well as the supporting corbels where the balcony (balcony) and its roof lie.
Corner toothed pilasters with overhead are created by alternating placement of rectangular stone sections.
The cornerstones, the large rectangular hewn stones that entered the corners of the building, were placed alternately in the corner, one from their long and one from their narrow side. This was done to achieve greater stability.


Description of other elements:

On the roof there are antefixes at the corners. Due to the configuration of the floors of the building and the available space of the plot, the roof is configured as multifaceted.


Purpose - Use: Residence


Characterization: ΥMATH/5385/24-11-1995, ΦΕΚ 1097/Δ/1995


Dating (period): Unknown


Year of construction: Unknown


Location of the monument: 41.14488718901389, 24.889664369766844


Bibliographic references:

•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 70


 Address: Orfeos 70


Visitable: No

 

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