Archontiko Poulkidi [SIATISTA|GR]
Archontiko Poulkidi is a traditional mansion located in the town of Siatista in Greece. It was built in the late 18th century for the rich tobbaco merchant Poulkidis and is a typical example of a mansion house for Siatista. It has three different floors, all suited to different activities. The ground floor is the storage room, the first floor is where the loom was located and the second floor is the "house" itself. The mansion is richly decorated both externally and internally with the decorations being characteristic of the "Ottoman Baroque" style.
Siatista is located on the slopes of the Voio Mountain at an altitude of over 1.100 meters and experiences extremely heavy winters (with snow cover lasting for months) and mild summers. It established itself as a trading centre in the 16th century and grew significantly in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It was the first town in Greece to obtain a sewage system (in the 1770s mind you!) and became perhaps one of the richest places in all of the Balkans. In order to reflect that wealth large and beautiful houses were erected in the towns two quarters: "Geraneia" and "Chora". Archontiko Poulkidi is located in the Geraneia quarter. Nowadays the town remains a lively and active place which has managed to maintain its population and with a productive (emphasis) economy based on fur-making, agriculture and ranching.
I highly, highly, highly recommend not placing the mansion on large cities because it will be out of place. Furthermore the mansion should never be placed facing the street but always it must face the south. This is how houses are placed in the entire former Ottoman Empire and that is how they should be. Do not forget to build a nice courtyard for the building and to erect high walls to prevent any outsiders from entering the sacred domain of the courtyard. I had planned including a base so that the building can be erected on slopes but I experienced significant problems and I will probably add it later on as an update. I also plan on creating special courtyard walls and gate for the asset.
Main Model
Triangles: 1,942
Texture size: 2048×1024
Type: Low Residential Growable
LOD
Triangles: 102
Texture size: 256×128
All textures except for the roof tiles and the wooden beams (which were taken from textures.com ) are mine.
If you have beautiful screenshots using the asset please send them to me so that I include them to this page.
tags: Greek Macedonia House Mansion Traditional Historical Classic Ottoman Sachnisi Stone Wood Decorated Fresco Rural Town Old Wealthy Rich Vernacular Hellenic Balkan Elliniko Filippos Growable Mountain
