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Old Greek mural, depicting Valyria Constantinople being guarded by a Seraphim and two dragons. The mural can be found in Poulko’s Mansion, in Siátista, Greece. It was created around 1752-1759 and is believed to have been inspired by an older copper engraving which is in the monasteries of Mount Athos.

Photos by Stefanos Pasvantis.

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Poulko´s mansion

The small town Siátista in mountainous Macedonia is renowned for its traditional mansions. One of those is known as "Poulko's mansion", a prime example of post-Byzantine and Ottoman architectural fusion, first constructed and owned in 1752, during the Ottoman period, by a Greek merchant named Theodoros Emmanouilides. Despite what the mansion is known as nowadays, Poulko inherited the mansion almost 200 years later. Emmanouilides was unfortunate - he died before he had a chance to enjoy the mansion he had invested so much time and effort in making. The mansion then was bought by the Poulkidis family - and it passed to Poulko (her nickname is inspired by her surname), a descendant of this family, in the early 20th century. The most notable features amongst the plenty decorations of the mansion are a fresco art of Constantinople and Byzantine symbols like the two headed eagles, and the rare vitro glass artwork.