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European and Byzantine art in 19th century Xanthi (60')
The route is about 2 km long, lasts about 60 minutes and is of moderate difficulty. This route will give the visitor with artistic interests and quests to get to know European and Byzantine art, as expressed in buildings of old Xanthi in the 19th century.

Starting from the church of Agios Vlasios and ending at the Stavropoulos House, you will visit the churches of old Xanthi with the wood carvings on the iconostasis, the portable icons, the miniature objects, representative samples of the post-Byzantine period. In the buildings of secular architecture you will admire the European style ceiling paintings and frescoes, of the so-called Belle Époque (1871-1914).

In the old churches it is worth observing the Byzantine portable icons that bear strong western iconographic influences, mixed with traditional Byzantine standards and follow theological concepts after the 1453 conquest. They are created either by workshops active in Thrace or northern Greece (e.g. the workshop of Ainos), or by the Mount Athos workshop (e.g. the painters Nikiforos and his student Ioasaf), or by individual painters (e.g. Nikolaos from Hasköy in Constantinople, Thassios M. Evangelidis, Patrinos Takis Prionas).

It is also worth noting the crucifix in the Church of Agios Georgios, a work of Fotis Kontoglou (1959), the embroidered icon of Archangel Michael in the Church of the Taxiarchs, the marble relief candlestand in the Church of Agios Vlasios.

On the other hand, in the rich neoclassical residences one can see works of Bavarian or German painters, such as the frescoes in the Houses of Kougioumtzoglou, Stavropoulos and Michaloglou or the goddesses from the twelve Gods, which adorn the staircase of the Metaxas House. Of interest are the ceiling paintings with decorative and floral motifs in the Daniel Mansion and the Moses Mansion, while a unique example of neoclassical sculpture in the city is the statue in the courtyard of the Church of St. George.

73. Chapel of Agios Fanourios

Brief documentation:

On the uphill of Pygmalionos Christidi Street, at its junction with Vyronos Street, there is the Chapel of Ag. Fanourios. This chapel is one of the most modern chapels in the Akathist Hymn district. The church of the Akathist Hymn is located right next to the chapel, on Vyronos Street. In the same spot where the chapel stands today, a corner house with sachnisi, built according to traditional architecture, is depicted in old photographs, which allegedly housed the priest of the temple of the Akathist Hymn.
The Chapel of Agios Fanourios is a small single-aisled building, without a prominent niche for the altar. The main door of the building has two small windows on either side, while the chapel is covered with a small dome, which is covered with tiles.
The chapel celebrates every year on August 27, the day of Agios Fanourios, and the housewives prepare the so-called fanouropita. Fanouropita is a kind of oil cake with which believers ask the Saint to "reveal" objects or people or generally to find something they are looking for.

Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST

History:

On the uphill of Pygmalionos Christidi Street, at its junction with Vyronos Street, there is the Chapel of Ag. Fanourios. This chapel is one of the most modern chapels in the Akathist Hymn district. The church of the Akathist Hymn is located right next to the chapel, on Vyronos Street.
In the same spot where the chapel stands today, a corner house with sachnisi, built according to traditional architecture, is depicted in old photographs, which allegedly housed the priest of the temple of the Akathist Hymn.

Elements of architecture:

The Chapel of Agios Fanourios is a small single-aisled building, without a prominent niche for the altar. The main door of the building has two small windows on either side, while the chapel is covered with a small dome, which is covered with tiles.

Description of other elements:

 The chapel celebrates every year on August 27, the day of Agios Fanourios, and the housewives prepare the so-called fanouropita.

Purpose - Use: Church building

Characterization:  Government Gazette 612Β/30-4-1976 and Government Gazette 661/Β/17-5-1976, Government Gazette 1097 Δ/14.12-1995

Dating (period): Άγνωστο

Year of construction: Άγνωστο

Location of the monument: 41.14475722437683, 24.88599465561325

Bibliographic references:

•    "Churches, Monasteries and Chapels of the Old Town", Thomas Exarchou, Old Town Celebrations, 2000
•    "The Churches of Old Xanthi", Georgios Tsigaras, Municipal Development Enterprise of Xanthi, Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou, 2008

 Address: Vyronos 14 & P. Christidi

Visitable: No

 

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