The Kanatsoulis (or Hatzimichail) mansion is located in the Hora neighbourhood. It was built in 1757, as the inscription reads, by Nikos Hatzimichail, a member of a powerful family of merchants from Siatista, who had offices in Vienna and other central European cities.
The Hatzimichail mansion contains one of the most interesting series of 19th century folk paintings, which an inscription dates to 1811. In a room on the mezzanine, named the "Pantheon", the wall-paintings depict scenes from mythology -- based on a mythology handbook written by Harisis Megdanis, a scholar from Kozani -- as well as portraits of the owner, his wife and a second male figure, perhaps a relative.
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