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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).

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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