This particular photo has gone viral as it is making rounds on the internet. Residents of the area state that the lighting pole was installed first and the apartment building was subsequently built "around" it.
In fact the pole was there first 9 years ago and then the apartment block was build around it.
The pole has become somewhat of a tourist attractions in the city like a welcome banner for the city of Xanthe.
Xanthi (Greek: Ξάνθη, Xánthi, [ˈksanθi]) is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece.