Overview

It is built in the centre of Spilia and in its semi-underground floor it accommodates the Shoemaker’s Museum. It is the first listed residence of the community and it was inaugurated by the Minister of Interior on the 20th October 2007. The residence was primarily built in 1870 by Nicolas Kapournais and the Department of Town Planning decided that it was a fine sample of popular architecture, thus being declared as a listed residence by the Council of Ministers. The architectural plans were prepared by Chrysanthos Pissarides and the restoration was made by the builder Vasilis Loizou. Everything was done under the examining sight and the active participation of the present owner Andreas Chrysanthou. What is of particular interest is the closet of the owner’s mother named Antigoni, which was made in 1929 by the popular craftsman of Spilia Christos Ierides. The entire residence, along with its furnishing, is a museum of the popular residence of the beginning of the twentieth century.