In the neighborhood of Kavaki
The route is about 1 km long, lasts about 50 minutes and is of moderate difficulty. It gives the visitor the opportunity to explore the so-called Kavaki, a picturesque district at the southeastern end of old Xanthi, located in the immediate vicinity of the river Kosynthos.

The district was named after a poplar tree (kavaki) that is said to have existed in the courtyard of the church of Pammegistoi Taxiarchs, a three-aisled basilica inextricably linked to the area. Starting from the homonymous square, the traveler will be able to see small and large traditional buildings, which coexist in narrow streets and compose the landscape of a neighborhood, which was created by tobacco workers and small professionals.

Alongside these buildings, however, other impressive ones coexist, such as the Mega Kin Cinema, the Karadimoglou Mansion and the Xenia Hotel, where the route ends. Thus, the visitor can explore the harmonious coexistence of traditional and modern architectural elements, which characterize the city of Xanthi and are perfectly expressed in the district of Kavaki.

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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