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
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