Xanthi

Xanthi is a town in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi local unit of the area of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built at the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided through the Kosynthos River, into the west element, where the vintage and the present day town are positioned, and the east component that boasts a rich natural surroundings. The "Old Town of Xanthi" is thought at some stage in Greece for its distinctive structure, combining many Byzantine Greek church buildings with neoclassical mansions of Greek merchants from the 18th and 19th centuries and Ottoman-technology mosques.

Other landmarks in Xanthi encompass the Archaeological Museum of Abdera and the Greek Folk Art Museum. Xanthi is well-known at some stage in Greece specially Macedonia and Thrace for its annual spring carnival which has a full-size function inside the town's economy. Over forty cultural institutions from around Greece take part within the carnival software. The festivities which take location throughout the duration consist of live shows, theatre performs, song and dance nights, exhibitions, a cycling event, games on the streets, and re-enactments of vintage customs.