Families of Old Xanthi
This route is about 2 km, lasting about 60 minutes and of moderate difficulty. In it you will meet the families of old Xanthi, who 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, rather 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 families of the Greek Orthodox community 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 commanders, such as Hamdi Bey, Muzaffer Bey, Hilmi Pasha and Memet Pasha, as well as the Jewish families of Aaron Moses and the Cohens.

Through this route, the population composition of the city will be revealed, the religions combination that existed and exists until today, the economic and social stratification in direct correlation with the type and form of residence and the type of professions developed. Many names, marking streets in old Xanthi, will come alive and will be understood through this route.

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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