Villa Ahmed Kapandji
Eclectic early-1900s mansion blending Gothic, Arabic, Renaissance and Art Nouveau styles.
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This audio guide to the Villa Ahmed Kapandji on Queen Olga Avenue in Thessaloniki follows a Dönme family's eclectic mansion and the strangers who came to live inside it. You'll meet the Kapandji brothers, the Italian architect Pietro Arrigoni, a foreign consulate upstairs and refugee families in the attic. Best heard from the pavement, facing the facade.
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