Papaterpou Mansion

Along the city’s lakeside promenade, it is impossible not to stop in front of the three-storey Papaterpou Mansion. Standing proudly since 1880, it is a remarkable example of the third type of traditional mansion architecture and the only surviving one in what was once the Ottoman quarter of Kastoria. Built by craftsmen from Nestorio, the mansion originally belonged to the Turkish mullah Ibrahim before passing into the hands of the Papaterpou family after the city’s liberation. Today, it remains a living reminder of Kastoria’s multicultural past, gracefully connecting different chapters of the city’s history.