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The Elders’ council of Xanthi and its representatives
The route is about 2 km long, lasts about 60 minutes and is of moderate difficulty. It starts from the district of Agios Vlasios and ends at the district of Akathist Hymn. In it, the visitor will have the opportunity to learn through the buildings about the Greek Orthodox community, the Elders of Xanthi, the most important elders, as well as about buildings related to the activity of the community.

The Elders’ council was the administrative system of the Greek Orthodox community during the Ottoman Empire. The elders, otherwise known as provosts or kodjabashis, were unpaid or salaried representatives, elected by Christians with the approval of the Ottomans. On the one hand, they facilitated the administration and collection of taxes on behalf of the Ottomans and, on the other, they administered the community, took care of its schools, managed the revenues of churches, monasteries and community property, resolved court issues and imposed penitentiary penalties. President of the Elders’ council was the Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheoriou. Active metropolitans were Eugenios (1792-1848) and Ioakeim Sgouros (1864-1912). In Xanthi, the Elders met at the Church of Timios Prodromos and later at the Metropolitan Mansion. The schools of the Elders’ council consisted of the Stalios Kindergarten, the Matsinis School, while a school also operated in the courtyard of Agios Vlasios. Well-known names who served as Elders are Michaloglou, Valixoglou, Karabetsis, Chasirtzoglou, Stalios, Sigalas, Matsinis, Velios, Ladas, Stavropoulos etc. Many of them served as ecclesiastical commissioners in the various churches of the city, as curators/teachers of schools, while their benefactions and donations to the Greek Orthodox community of Xanthi were important.

100. Paraschos House

Brief documentation:

The fully restored mansion belonged to the family of tobacco merchants Paraschos (Paraschidis). It was built in the late 19th century.
It is a building influenced by neoclassicism, with a semi-basement, elevated ground floor and first floor. Access to the building is through the courtyard and an imposing roofed staircase. Above the front door there is a balcony with protective iron bars and patio doors with arched overhead and pilasters.
There are dividing lines between the different levels of the building, openings lined up with absolute symmetry and corner pilasters with false capitals.
Apart from the frame that all windows have, those on the first floor also have triangular pediments and a serrated cornice at their bottom. There is a similar cornice on the roof of the building.
The building is protected by a wall with pillars and railing.
Among the family members Nikolaos stood out, an important photographer based in London and with the logo of N.C.P. (Nicolaos Constantaki Paraschos) on the photos. Around 1900, Paraschos published in London a small number of postcards on Xanthi.

Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST

History:

The fully restored mansion belonged to the family of tobacco merchants Paraschos (Paraschidis). It was built at the end of the 19th century in the tobacco merchants' district on Agiou Athanasiou Street, next to the homonymous chapel.

Elements of architecture:

It is a building influenced by neoclassicism, with a semi-basement, elevated ground floor and first floor. There is access to the building through the courtyard and an imposing roofed staircase. Above the front door there is a balcony with protective iron bars and patio doors with arched overhead and pilasters.
There are dividing lines between the different levels of the building, openings lined up with absolute symmetry and corner pilasters with false capitals.
Apart from the frame that all windows have, those on the first floor also have triangular pediments and a serrated cornice at their bottom. There is a similar cornice on the roof of the building.
The building is protected by a wall with pillars and railing.

Description of other elements:

Among the family members Nikolaos stood out, an important photographer based in London and with the logo of N.C.P. (Nicolaos Constantaki Paraschos) on the photos. Around 1900, Paraschos published in London a small number of postcards on Xanthi.

Purpose - Use: Residence

Characterization: Ministry of Culture / Ministry of Culture / DILAP / C / 3249 / 10024 / 03-01-1991, Government Gazette 162 / Β / 21-03- 1991

Dating (period): Late 19th century

Year of construction: Late 19th century

Monument location: 41.1415, 24.88618

Bibliographic references:

•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 155
•    Aivaliotis Vasilios, Adamantidou Sofia. "Lord Nalbantoglou, the Paraschidis family and their relationship with the Lalagka, Hasirtzoglou and Zouliami families". Xanthi: PACKETHRA 2008.

 Address: Agiou Athanasiou 8

Visitable: No

 

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