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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.

88. G. Michaloglou House

Brief documentation:

The building was built in the early 20th century by Ioannis Michaloglou for his eldest son Gabriel. It was built just opposite the residential complex built by Ioannis Michaloglou for his 4 other sons. His sixth child, his daughter, was endowed with sums of money and pounds.
Ioannis Michaloglou was a tobacco merchant from Gjerbes in Korçë in Northern Epirus.
The building is still used as a residence.
The building is a majestic mansion with a large courtyard in front of it. There are two front doors that lead to the courtyard, while the building has a semi-basement, ground floor and first floor. The entrance door is placed in a covered recess, which supports the also covered balcony of the floor.
The neoclassical elements that characterize the building are the following: symmetry of the openings, dividing strips between the floors -with a granite cornice above the semi-basement and white color above the ground floor-, corner serrated pilasters, stepped cornice on the roof and windows of the ground floor, while the windows of the semi-basement and the first floor have a simpler cornice.
The ground floor and first floor windows have French shutters.

Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST

History:

The building was built in the early 20th century by Ioannis Michaloglou for his eldest son Gabriel. It was built just opposite the residential complex built by Ioannis Michaloglou for his 4 other sons. His sixth child, his daughter, was endowed with sums of money and pounds.
Ioannis Michaloglou was a tobacco merchant from Gjerbes in Korçë in Northern Epirus.
The building is still used as a residence.

Elements of architecture:

The building is a majestic mansion with a large courtyard in front of it. There are two front doors that lead to the courtyard, while the building has a semi-basement, ground floor and first floor. The entrance door is placed in a covered recess, which supports the also covered balcony of the floor.
The neoclassical elements that characterize the building are the following: symmetry of the openings, dividing strips between the floors -with a granite cornice above the semi-basement and white color above the ground floor-, corner serrated pilasters, stepped cornice on the roof and windows of the ground floor, while the windows of the semi-basement and the first floor have a simpler cornice.

Description of other elements:

The ground floor and first floor windows have French shutters.

Purpose - Use: Residence

Characterization: ΦGovernment Gazette 1097/Δ/14-12-1995, ΥMATH/5385/24-11-1995, Government Gazette 704/Β/27-11-1992, YPO/YPO/DILAP/Γ/3040/55180/29-10- 1992

Dating (period): Early 20th century

Year of construction: Early 20th century

Location of the monument: 41.14117, 24.8851

Bibliographic references:

•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 175.  

 Address: Agiou Vlasiou 28-30

Visitable: No

 

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