Karipeio Melathro () is an
Ottoman-period historical building in the center of
Thessaloniki, Greece
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
. It is located in the crossroad of Olympiados and Stefaniou Dragoumi streets.
Its
architect
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is the
Italian
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Vitaliano Poselli
Vitaliano Poselli (1838–1918) was an Italian architect from Sicily, mostly known for his work in the city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
Life
He was born in Castiglione di Sicilia in 1838, and studied in Rome. In 1867, the Catholic Church ...
. Karipio was the official residence of the then
Selanik
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Prefect, who was the political representative of the
Ottoman Empire
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in
Macedonia. After Thessaloniki became part of Greece in 1912, the building became a property of the
Greek
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State. In a 1980 decision, the
Greek Ministry of Culture
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put Karipio under the status of its state protection. Today, the 4-stores building is the property of doctor Alexandros Karipis and home to the
non-governmental
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Institute for National and Religious Studies.
References
Ottoman architecture in Thessaloniki
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