(Tel. 25410 25421) The Folklore Museum of Xanthi is located in the Old Town and is housed in the Kouyoumtzoglou mansion near the Metropolis Square. It is one of the most representative examples of a specific typology of houses, which began to be built in the city of Xanthi in the last period of the
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(tel. 25410 51003, 25410 51783) In the Archaeological Museum of Abdera, objects found in the city and the cemeteries of ancient Abdira are exhibited. The exhibition covers the time period from the 7th c. BC until the 13th century A.D. The exhibits are presented in three main sections: public life,
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Vistonida. Forty-four thousand acres is boasted to be its area and something more. And it has close neighbors the small lagoons of Fanario or Xirolimni, Arogi, Mesi, Ptelea and Elos in the east (Rhodopi Prefecture) and Lafra, Lafrouda in the west (Xanthi Prefecture). Vistonida was blessed by the
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A typical example of continental and western Macedonian architecture with wonderful wood-carved ceilings, it was built in the middle of the 19th century. It belonged to the Kalevras family and nowadays it houses the Municipal Art Gallery which has been named after Christos Pavlidis, a distinguished
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The Macedonian Tomb has been discovered in the 1950s north of Komnenos. According to archaeologists, the Tomb is chronologically placed in the time period 200-150 BC. It consists of an inner street, vestibule and chamber which is covered with arches. It is built with corner stones from domestic
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(Tel. 25420 22260) The Folklore Museum of Stavroupolis, Xanthi, was founded in 1994 following a private initiative by Stavros Karabatzakis, who for years collected in the village's traditional coffee house various objects, samples of a different era and everyday life, which fell into disuse due to
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(Tel. 25410 21212) A bear glares, a vulture spreads its wings holding a badger in its talons. They look real, but they're not. At the Museum of Natural History you will see more than 80 species of fauna of Xanthi - from wolves and wild cats to vultures and eagles - (Anatoliki Romylias 10, tel.
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Imposing in appearance overlooking the plain of Xanthi, the monastery of Panagia Archangeliotissa is a point of reference for the faith of thousands of Orthodox Christians who come every year to worship her grace. Built on the fringes of the mountain mass just above the "Samakov" district in the
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