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).

94. D. Chasirtzoglou Building – Folk Art Store

Brief documentation:

The building originally belonged to Dukas Chasirtzoglou and must have been built in the late 19th century, as well as the diagonally opposite mansion of Moses. Chasirtzoglou was a teacher in Xanthi, trustee of the Monastery of Panagia Archangeliotissa with many benefactions to it.
The building was sold in 1930 to Efrosini (Frosinoula) Koulakloglou, a legendary seamstress of the interwar period in Xanthi, who was declared Miss Xanthi in 1929. Today it still belongs to the Koulakloglou family and operates as a folk art store.
It is a building with neoclassical elements, such as the false pilasters with the surfaces that barely protrude on the façade, the rough stepped base, which defines the level of the ground floor on the sloping ground of the area, the cornice that defines the upper end of the ground floor and the first floor as well as the false pilasters that frame the front door.
The building is on a corner and has two entrances, one on each street. It is built entirely with Mandra stone, a yellowish local stone from the quarries of the homonymous area, located in the south of Xanthi and was a stone mining site since antiquity.
In this shop the stone reliefs with various representations (animal, anthropomorphic, vegetable) are impressive, crown the arched openings of the ground floor (doors and windows) and are the so-called "keys". On the first floor the windows are fewer in number and rectangular.


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST


History:

The building originally belonged to Dukas Chasirtzoglou and must have been built in the late 19th century, as was the diagonally opposite building of Moses. Chasirtzoglou was a teacher in Xanthi, trustee of the Monastery of Panagia Archangeliotissa with many benefactions to it.
The building was sold in 1930 to Efrosini (Frosinoula) Koulakloglou, a legendary seamstress of the interwar period in Xanthi, who was declared Miss Xanthi in 1929. Today it still belongs to the Koulakloglou family and operates as a folk art store.


Elements of architecture:

It is a building with neoclassical elements, such as the false pilasters with the surfaces that protrude slightly on the façade, the rough stepped base, which defines the level of the ground floor on the sloping ground of the area, the cornice that defines the upper end of the ground floor and the first floor as well as the false pilasters in the frame of the front door. The building is on a corner and has two entrances, one on each street.


Description of other elements:

 The building is built entirely with Mandra stone, a local stone from quarries of the homonymous area located south of Xanthi and was a stone mining site since antiquity.
In this shop the stone reliefs with various representations (animal, anthropomorphic, vegetable) are impressive, crown the arched openings of the ground floor (doors and windows) and are the so-called "keys". On the first floor the windows are fewer in number and rectangular.


Purpose - Use: Commercial space


Characterization: YPO/YPO/DILAP/G/1895/30606/11-08-1987, Government Gazette 483/Β/04-09- 1987


Dating (period): Late 19th century


Year of construction: Late 19th century


Location of the monument: 41.1426, 24.8873


Bibliographic references:

•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 89


 Address: F. Amiridi 11 & Mavromichali


Visitable: Yes

 

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