Xanthi

Xanthi, written Ξάνθη in Greek, is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace in northeastern Greece and the capital of the Xanthi regional unit. It is built amphitheatrically at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains and is divided by the Kosynthos River into a western part, which holds the old and the modern town, and an eastern part with a rich natural environment. The old part of town, known as Palia Poli, is famous across Greece for its architecture, which combines Byzantine Greek churches, neoclassical mansions of eighteenth and nineteenth century Greek merchants and Ottoman-era mosques. Landmarks include the Archaeological Museum of Abdera and the Folklore and Historical Museum, and the city is well known for its annual spring carnival.