Moderne Hotel
Moderne Hotel is a typical example of late eclectic architecture of the interwar period.
Modern and Contemporary era (1912 - )
1924 It was designed in its original form and built during that decade.
1960 Until then, it operated as the Moderne Hotel and then as the Kinissis Hotel.
Ottoman era (1453- 1912)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
This building consists of a ground floor and three floors, follows the neoclassical base-main body-crowning arrangement and has simple decoration, with particular Art Deco elements, such as the vertical and semicircular carvings in the plaster, the gobbles of the balconies, the frames of the openings, the paneling as a motif of the large surfaces on the top floor, the geometry of the railings and the symmetrical pediment endings.
What I can't see
It was originally designed by Minas Vassiliou as a “profitable building”, that is, probably for renting out its premises, but it was later converted into a hotel based on designs by Konstantinos Kokoropoulos and Anastasios Zachariadis on behalf of the brothers Aaron and Isaac Sakki. At that time, many office buildings had begun to be converted into hotels. The Moderne Hotel was ahead of its time and belonged to the luxury hotels. It had a tea room, a smoking room, central heating, an elevator, a telephone connection and hot water in every room. The ground floor housed the historic Averof restaurant until 1978. The building’s interior decoration was intense with plaster reliefs on walls and ceilings, elaborate railings and many carved elements.
Info
- Address: 17 Syggrou & Egnatias St.
Bibliography
Fragkoudi Ch., (2020), Ξενοδοχείο Kinissis, [Kinissis Hotel] in Thessarchitecture
https://thessarchitecture.wordpress.com/2020/11/12/%CE%BE%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF-kinissis/
Last visit 24/1/2025
