Entrance from Antika Square
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At the old town of Xanthi, visitors can see buildings with great architecture which represent a major part of the history of the city from the beginning of the 19th century up to nowadays.
Now you are at Orpheus street and also at the entrance of Antika street moving with direction to Mitropoleos Square. On this road you will be able to grasp a taste of the history of the city. However, every street at the old town of Xanthi has something special to show. Therefore you can see traditional, neoclassical, eclectic and even modern buildings. Each of those has its own history behind it and can show different architect. Concluding, through those building you can get a good taste about the history of the town.
Now you are at Orpheus street and also at the entrance of Antika street moving with direction to Mitropoleos Square. On this road you will be able to grasp a taste of the history of the city. However, every street at the old town of Xanthi has something special to show. Therefore you can see traditional, neoclassical, eclectic and even modern buildings. Each of those has its own history behind it and can show different architect. Concluding, through those building you can get a good taste about the history of the town.
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At the old town of Xanthi,,visitors can see buildings with great architecture,,which represent a major part of the history of the city,, from the beginning of the 19th century up to nowadays.
Now,, you are at Orpheus street and also at the entrance of Antika street moving with direction to Mitropoleos Square. On this road,,you will be able to grasp a taste of the history of the city. However, every street at the old town of Xanthi has something special to show. Therefore,,you can see traditional, neoclassical, eclectic and even modern buildings. Each of those has its own history behind it,,and can show different architect. Concluding,,through those building you can get a good taste about the history of the town.
Now,, you are at Orpheus street and also at the entrance of Antika street moving with direction to Mitropoleos Square. On this road,,you will be able to grasp a taste of the history of the city. However, every street at the old town of Xanthi has something special to show. Therefore,,you can see traditional, neoclassical, eclectic and even modern buildings. Each of those has its own history behind it,,and can show different architect. Concluding,,through those building you can get a good taste about the history of the town.
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The Old Town of Xanthi is located in the north of Xanthi constituting its historic core and covers an area of 380.000m2. The city is built after 1829. The year that large earthquakes fully deplete the previous settlement. The city is built on the ruins and with core the churches, which were probably from the era of Byzantine Xanthia, as it was called from ancient time the city of Xanthi. During the 19th century, Xanthi referred to as a town of 8,000 inhabitants, but was economically flourishing and this is due to the richness of the cultivation, processing, manufacturing and distribution of tobacco and its products, but also for privileged position to major trading roads. The city is built from Epirus and Macedonian craftsmen, characterized by labyrinthine form of cobbled streets and is full of Balkan houses, inns, shops, typical churches of the last Ottoman period but at the same time a western neoclassical mansions whose owners were mainly merchants tobacco .Modern Monuments Service and Construction of East Macedonia and Thrace Phone: +302541026760
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“Entrance from Antika Square ,” iGuide Repo, accessed December 23, 2024, http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/items/show/803.
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