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Neoclassical and eclectic buildings of Old Xanthi
This route is about 3 km, about 80 minutes and of moderate difficulty. It starts from Antikas Square and ends at the border of the old town with the modern city to the west. Through this route, the visitor has the opportunity to get to know the practice of neoclassicism and eclecticism, as expressed in about 50 buildings of old Xanthi.

Neoclassicism appeared in the 18th and 19th centuries and is strongly influenced by the principles governing the architecture of classical antiquity. The buildings are distinguished for the simplicity of their geometric forms, the Doric detail, the simplicity, the absolute symmetry, the dividing lines of the vertical spreads and the pilasters with false capitals at the corners.

Eclecticism, on the other hand, is the architectural style of the 19th and 20th centuries, in which a variety of elements from various eras and styles are selected and used, in a single building. The eclectic buildings in Xanthi are influenced by neoclassicism (e.g. absolute symmetry, verticality), while individual elements are influenced by Art Deco (e.g. strong decorative mood), central Europe (e.g. turret roof configuration or turret development), English Baroque (e.g. the use of red brick) and Romanesque style (e.g. arched openings and curved arches).

76. Shop and home

Brief documentation:

The building was built at an unknown time. The ground floor is used as a shop, while the first floor is used as a residence.
The building is a narrow building with ground floor and first floor. It is a building with neoclassical elements, evident especially on the façade of the first floor, where there are false pilasters and false capitals framing the three openings on Venizelou Street. There are separate balconies in front of the openings of the floor. What is characteristic is the prismatic end of the right side of the floor. Also, a decorative band with cornices runs around the floor, under the stepped cornice of the roof.
The entrance to the residence on the first floor is made from the side, through a courtyard and staircase, which have protective decorative railings.
The ground floor housed the Balkan Art Gallery for some years. This gallery, which operates in the wider region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, is an
Arts meeting place. It provides opportunities for artists from Greece and abroad who are active in the visual arts, music and other arts to produce innovative proposals, ideas and their applications.

Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST

History:

The building was built at an unknown time. The ground floor is used as a shop, while the first floor is used as a residence.

Elements of architecture:

The building is a narrow building with ground floor and first floor. It is a building with neoclassical elements, evident especially on the façade of the first floor, where there are false pilasters and false capitals framing the three openings on Venizelou Street. There are separate balconies in front of the openings of the floor. What is cCharacteristic is the prismatic end of the right side of the floor. Also, a decorative band with cornices runs around the floor, under the stepped cornice of the roof.
The entrance to the residence on the first floor is made from the side, through a courtyard and staircase, which have protective decorative railings.

Description of other elements:

The ground floor housed the Balkan Art Gallery for some years. This gallery, which operates in the wider region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, is a meeting place for the arts. It provides opportunities for artists from Greece and abroad who are active in the visual arts, music and other arts to produce innovative proposals, ideas and their applications.

Purpose - Use: Residence, Cultural space, Commercial space

Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Culture, Decision DILAP/C/2409/42461, Government Gazette 583/92

Dating (period): Unknown

Year of construction: Unknown

Location of the monument: 41.14114708449973, 24.88683459442807

Bibliographic references:

•    "Xanthi the city with a thousand colors", Dimitris Mavridis (ed.), Cultural Development Center of Thrace, 2008
•    "Houses of Xanthi", Dimitris Mavridis, Municipal Development Enterprise of Xanthi, Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou, 2009 

 Address: Eleftheriou Venizelou 6

Visitable: No

 

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