In the neighborhoods of Agios Vlasios and Agios Georgios
The route is about 2 km long, lasts about 60 minutes and is of moderate difficulty. In it, the visitor will discover the influence of the Greek Orthodox community on the urban fabric of old Xanthi.

Focusing on the two Orthodox churches of Agios Vlasios and Agios Georgios, two homonymous districts were developed, with buildings of rich tobacco merchants, who benefited the two churches respectively. These neighborhoods were inhabited by members of the rising class of tobacco merchants, who built large mansions such as the Michaloglou Mansions, the Karabetsis Mansion with its painted exterior decoration and the majestic Mansion of Hilmi Pasha.

The development of these districts around religious and at the same time social centers, in a multicultural regime, led to the diverse urban landscape that the visitor will encounter. The route starts from shops that existed in the commercial part of these districts, passes by mansions, such as the mansion of Hamdi Bey, and ends by highlighting various points around G. Ladas or Antikas Square.

87. Euripides Chasirtzoglou Street

Brief documentation:

Main street with residences in the traditional settlement, which took its name from Euripides Chasirtzoglou, who served as Mayor of the city from 1925 to 1934.
Euripides Chasirtzoglou (1879-1941) was the son of a well-known family of cloth merchants, with many years of activity and tradition in the city of Xanthi.
In the past, the road was called Kato Haradras, and by this name it is known informally until today.
At the end of Chasirtzoglou Street, just before the suburban forest, there are remains of a possibly Ottoman or older aqueduct. The remains of this construction are embedded in a today's warehouse.
During his two terms as mayor of Xanthi, Chasirtzoglou produces rich work with very important municipal projects to his credit, some of which are the following: creation of the Organization of Electric Lighting of the city, the Fire Brigade, the Municipal Slaughterhouse, the Municipal Stadium, new school buildings, including the 4th Primary School, two Municipal Hospitals, paving of the streets within the city and the Central Square with paving stones, modernization of the city's water supply network, electric lighting of settlements, purchase of the Orphanides Mansion to house the Town Hall and publication of the study for the creation of the Municipal Market.


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST


History:

ain street with residences in the traditional settlement, which took its name from Euripides Chasirtzoglou, who served as Mayor of the city from 1925 to 1934.
Euripides Chasirtzoglou (1879-1941) was the son of a well-known family of cloth merchants, with many years of activity and tradition in the city of Xanthi.
In the past, the road was called Kato Haradras, and by this name it is known informally until today.


Elements of architecture:

At the end of Chasirtzoglou Street, just before the suburban forest, there are remains of a possibly Ottoman or older aqueduct. The remains of this construction are embedded in a today's warehouse.


Description of other elements:

During his two terms as mayor of Xanthi, Chasirtzoglou produces rich work with very important municipal projects to his credit, some of which are the following: 1. Creation of the Organization of Electric Lighting of the city, 2. Creation of the Fire Brigade and its Station, 3. Creation of a Municipal Slaughterhouse, 4. Paving of the streets within the city and the Central Square with paving stones, 5. Creation of a call center, 6. Modernization of the city's water supply network by changing the old pipes, creating a new aqueduct and constructing 200 new municipal fountains, 7. Electric lighting of settlements, 8. Construction of the Municipal Stadium of Xanthi, 9. Creation of new school buildings, including the 4th Primary School, 10. Purchase of the Orphanides Mansion to house the Town Hall, 11. Establishment of two Municipal Hospitals and 12. Publication of the study for the creation of the Municipal Market.


Purpose - Use: ΟRoad network


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


Dating (period): Unknown


Year of construction: Unknown


Location of the monument: 41.143111419426994, 24.88378330976825


Bibliographic references:

•    Evlambia Avramidou, Vasilios Aivaliotis. "Streets and place names of Xanthi". Xanthi, PAKETHRA, 2003.
•    Kostas Mavromatis. "Euripides Dim. Chasirtzoglou – The popular Mayor of Xanthi". Embros newspaper, November 14, 2023.


 Address: ΟEuripides Chasirtzoglou Street


Visitable: Yes

 

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