Karipeio Melathro is an Ottoman

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-period historical building in the center of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is located in the crossroad of Olympiados and F. Dragoumi streets.

Its architect

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 is the Italian

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 Vitaliano Pozzeli. Karipio was the official residence of the then Selanik Prefect, who was the political representative of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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 in Macedonia

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. After the liberation of Thessaloniki in 1912, the building became a property of the Greek

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 State. In a 1980 decision, the Greek Ministry of Culture

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 put Karipio under the status of its state protection. Today, the 4-stores building is a property of doctor Alexandros Karipis and home to the non-governmental Institute for National and Religious Studies.