Families of Old Xanthi
The route is about 2 km long, lasts about 80 minutes and is of moderate difficulty. In it you will meet the families of old Xanthi, which in various ways contributed to the history of Xanthi, but also to the form that the old town has today. Touring the residences of old families of Xanthi, unknown aspects of their family stories will unfold and important personalities of the city will be pulled out of oblivion.

Some of the most important Christian families are: Chasirtzoglou, Stalios, Sigalas, Valixoglou, Michaloglou, Metaxas, Leontaridis, Blatsios, Angelos, Alexiou, Kalevras, Kougioumtzoglou, Kaloudis, Adamides, Christidis, Karadimoglou, Alatas. Also important were the families of Ottoman officials, such as Hamdi Bey, Muzaffer Bey, Hilmi Pasha and Memet Pasha, as well as the Jewish families of Moses and the Cohens.

Thus, the population composition of the city, the religions combination that existed and exists until today, the economic and social stratification in relation to the type and form of residence and the type of professions that found fertile ground to develop will be revealed. Many names, marking streets in old Xanthi, will come alive through this route.

38. Valixoglou Mansion

Brief documentation:

he building was built during the last decade of the 19th century in the district of Agios Vlasios by the tobacco merchant Alexandros Valixoglou, who was a prominent personality of the local community. Valixoglou served as Ecclesiastical Commissioner, Superintendent of Schools and Elder of the Greek Orthodox Community during the last years of the city's Ottoman period. The building was originally designed to function as a residence and does not seem to have changed use since its establishment.
It is a two-storey mansion of urban character, which is built according to the standards of neoclassicism. The exterior of the building is constructed with absolute symmetry and includes simple decoration, such as false pillars with false capitals, a cornice between the first and second floors, as well as the coronation of the wall and arched decorations above the windows and the main entrance.
In front of the building there is a small courtyard, surrounded by an iron courtyard, which is decorated with propellers and spears.


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST


History:

The building was built during the last decade of the 19th century in the district of Agios Vlasios by the tobacco merchant Alexandros Valixoglou, a prominent personality of the local community. Valixoglou served as Ecclesiastical Commissioner, Superintendent of Schools and Elder of the Greek Orthodox Community during the last years of the city's Ottoman period. The building was originally designed to function as a residence and does not seem to have changed use since its establishment.


Elements of architecture:

It is a two-storey mansion of urban character, which is built according to the standards of neoclassicism. The exterior of the building is constructed with absolute symmetry and includes simple decoration, such as false pillars with false capitals, a cornice between the first and second floors, as well as the coronation of the wall and arched decorations above the windows and the main entrance.


Description of other elements:

In front of the building there is a small courtyard, surrounded by an iron courtyard, which is decorated with propellers and spears.


Purpose - Use: Residence


Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Culture, Decision DILAP/C/3056/48055, Government Gazette 7691/90


Dating (period): Late 19th century


Year of construction: 1890s


Location of the monument: 41.14076836571157, 24.885488688146538


Bibliographic references:

•    Dimitris Mavridis, Angelophylaktos Xanthi, Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou, Xanthi 2007
•    Dimitris Mavridis, Houses of Xanthi, Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou – DEAX, Xanthi 2009
•    Xanthi. The city with a thousand colors, Municipality of Xanthi – P.A.KE.THRA., Xanthi 2008
•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 167


 Address: Agiou Vlasiou 13


Visitable: No

 

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