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TOBACCO STORES |
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 The area of tobacco stores- a significant part both in terms of surface and in value of the town-, is connected directly to the economical prosperity of the town, it is preserved in a satisfactory level and a street planning net is one of the best gatherings of the industrial architecture in Greece. The buildings are created at the end of 19th century and the beginning of the 20th and are magnificent samples of architecture, some of which are unique in Europe.
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Folk Museum of Xanthi |
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 The Folk Museum of Xanthi was founded by the Progressive Union of Xanthi (FEX). Due to its small place and because a number of exhibits it was expanded at Kougioumtzoglou and Kaloudi mansions at the beginning of 19th century.
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Municipal Gallery of Xanthi |
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Central Square |
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The Central Square is a sight for sore eyes by itself, since the last years it started to have it sold glamour back. It was firstly designed in 1870 and since then a lot of changes have been made having as peak at the end of 1880s when they built the huge clock. |
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TOWN HALL |
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 The Town Hall of Xanthi
At the Old Town , the Town Hall is situated, a mansion of Xanthian tobacco merchant. |
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XANTHI’S FLEE MARKET |
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The history of the flee market of Xanthi is long, it is lost in the years of Ottoman period. It unfolds through the many and detailed narrations of the elders as well as the ones of the travelers of Thrace , meeting the first of them in the 15th century. |
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KOSYNTHOS RIVER |
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Kosynthos Kosynthos river flows exclusively on the borders of the open surface. Its fountains come from the tops of Koulas (central Rodopi), crosses Pomakochoria, passes through the traditional settlement of Xanthi and after it spreads tin the valley, it washes up ay the north-west of Vistonida lake. The name of Kosynthos river in the ancient years was “Kossinitis” 
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