Samples of the brilliant flourishing of the craft and commercial activity of the inhabitants of Kastoria especially during the 18th century. (1710-1726) and (1760 to the end of the century) constitute the numerous towering mansions of Kastoriamainly in the regions Apozzari and Dolco, designed for the living needs of its occupants. It was then that various international treaties were signed and peace and freedom of communication prevailed in the Balkans and Europe.

The mansions of Kastoria are still of particular interest as a residential complex. With interior divided functional spaces, interior decorations, elaborate wood carvings on the ceiling boards, colorful glazed skylights of high aesthetics, friezes, a multitude of phytomorphic decorations and rhombuses create and compose a peculiar interior space, which finds its best expression in Kastoria, a peculiar Macedonian pace. They are examples of folk architecture par excellence. Generally in the mansions of Kastoria there is a balance in relation to the environmentwhile keeping intact the virtues of measure and human scale.

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