George Matsopoulos’ residence

George Matsopoulos’ residence

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The building is built, in the decade of 1890 - 1900 by the doctor George Matsopoulos, husband of the daughter of the landowner Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, who was married to Helen Kougioumtzoglou. The doctor, since 1894, settled in Komotini and was prosecuted, during the period of the First World War, from the Bulgarian rulers of the city. In 1920, he was elected congressman of Rodopi. He was honored for his work, from the Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, with the medal of the "Cross of the Order of King George I". Architectural Description: Neoclassical, two-story building, coated in red color. Here, the building of carved local granite, becomes visible, as you can see it in the basement. All openings of the semi-basement and ground floor, have visible stone doorframes. But look, also the wrought iron in the windows downstairs. The buildings of Antica Street because of their external, morphological characteristics and the flavor of a bygone era that they give off, have served as a living backdrop for television and film productions shooting. Like the television series, which made the book "Bloody Soil" of Dido Sotiriou popular to the public, for which much of the shooting took place in this building. How it operates today: Until today, this building is used as a residence. Most of the houses of the Old Town, are two- storey buildings, with semi-basement and the first floor is accessed by a wooden staircase. In most cases, there are openings that ensure the lighting of the stairs.

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