VARELTZIDAINA ‘ARCHONTIKO’ (Code: )

The Vareltzidaina ‘archontiko’ (traditional ‘mansion’) is one of the few surviving examples on Lesbos from the late 18th-early 19th century in which notable mural decoration is preserved. It is a two-storey building standing at the centre of Petra. Its architecture follows the typical design of the ‘archontiko’, widely disseminated at this period, which was usually built in the middle of a country property and enclosed by a wall.