Restoration of Feraios mansion, Kastoria
The Feraios Mansion is one of the most important historical houses in Kastoria, mainly because of its interior decoration that combines painted and woodcarving decoration ot the 18th and 19th century. Due to recent repairs and alterations the original facades were disfigured in ...
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Project details
| Title: | Restoration of Feraios mansion, Kastoria |
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| Entr. year: | 1998 |
| Result: | Diploma |
| Country: | Greece |
| Town: | Kastoria |
| Category type: | architectural heritage |
| Building type/ Project type: | residential building |
| Former use: | Mansion |
| Actual use: | Dwelling house |
| Built: | 18th century |
| Architect / Proj.leader: | Kalliopi Theoharidou, Architect (Thessaloniki - GR) |
| The Jury's citation: | For successfully completing the preservation, consolidation and restoration, both externally and internally, of the old mansion of the 18th and 19th century, after long research and with excellent technical expertise, in a town rich in monuments but which has suffered important losses in recent years. |
| GPS: | 40°30'53.2" N; 21°16'12.4" E |
Description:
The Feraios Mansion is one of the most important historical houses in Kastoria, mainly because of its interior decoration that combines painted and woodcarving decoration ot the 18th and 19th century. Due to recent repairs and alterations the original facades were disfigured in so a heavy degree that the mansion could not be recognized as a historical building form the exterior. The restoration aimed on the one hand to consolidate and conserve the old structure, respecting the builidings' originality et materials, decoration, historical phases. On the other hand, the target was to to restore its external and internal form in its composite 18th and 19th century appearance.
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