The cultural and folklore character in Xanthi today
The city of Xanthi has highlighted over the years an incomparably rich cultural character, which has been indelibly imprinted on its urban fabric. Dozens of places and buildings in old Xanthi function as expressions of the culture and folklore of the city, where artistic events and events of small and large scale take place.

On this route, about 2 km, lasting about 60 minutes and of moderate difficulty, the visitor will have the opportunity to tour almost the entire area of Old Xanthi and visit buildings and places of cultural and artistic activities, as well as places where folklore customs regarding religious ceremonies continue. This route mainly concerns the period of the Old Town Festivals, which take place every year since 1991 in late August-early September.

Starting from the Daniel Mansion, the famous house of Manos Hadjidakis, and ending at the Chapel of Agioi Theodoroi, the visitor will have the opportunity to get to know places that have operated and still operate throughout the year as seats of cultural associations, groups, writers and artists active in the city of Xanthi.

Apart from the established Old Town Festivals, these spaces are functional throughout the year, either as visitable exhibition spaces, such as the Folklore Museum, the House of Shadow and the Municipal Art Gallery, or as venues for events, concerts, etc., such as the F.E.X. House of Culture.

58. Adamides House

Brief documentation:

This building was erected in the first decade of the 20th century and the original owner was the tobacco broker Nikolaos Adamides, who resold it in 1930 to the tobacco expert Panagiotis Mavroudis, and then the building changed owner again.
In modern times the building housed the cultural space entitled Black Box Gallery.
The central door has a skylight screen above and three levels of arched recesses with three architraves in height. The large windows on the ground floor are surrounded by a decorative frame with brick, frame and corbels on the windowsill. Arched and other decorative elements separate the ground floor from the first floor. Above the main entrance there is a small balcony. On the first floor, the openings are roofed with a stepped cornice and corbels. All windows in the building are covered with French shutters. The roof has a skylight and a triangular elevation.
On the right of the house there is an entrance with a railing, which leads to a courtyard.


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL/HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL/FOLKLORE INTEREST


History:

The building was erected in the first decade of the 20th century and the original owner was the tobacco broker Nikolaos Adamides, who resold it in 1930 to the tobacco expert Panagiotis Mavroudis, and then changed owner again.
In modern times it housed the cultural space called Black Box Gallery.


Elements of architecture:

The central door has a skylight screen above and three levels of arched recesses with three architraves in height. The large windows on the ground floor are surrounded by an brick frame, with frame and corbels on the windowsill. Arched decorative elements separate the ground floor from the first floor. Above the main entrance there is a balcony. The openings on the first floor are covered with a stepped cornice and corbels. All windows are covered with French shutters. The roof has a skylight and a triangular elevation.


Description of other elements:

On the right the house has an entrance with a railing, which leads to a courtyard.


Purpose - Use: Residence, Cultural space


Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Education, Category "A", Decision 5385, Government Gazette 1097/95


Dating (period): First decade of the 20th century


Year of construction: First decade of the 20th century


Location of the monument: 41.14378888659297, 24.88780394204497


Bibliographic references:

•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 48


 Address: Antikas 12


Visitable: No

 

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