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The museum was founded in 1967 and opened in September 1993. Housed in a building that exemplifies local traditional architecture and developed at two levels.
The museum was founded in 1967 and opened in September 1993. Housed in a building that exemplifies local traditional architecture and developed at two levels. Part of the building was built during the Venetian rule, and the floor was during the Turkish domination. As the residence until the end of the last century. The Community Gavalochorioy was donated by the couple George and Mary Stylianaki.
The report of the items is in accordance with the modern museum perception, with explanatory texts, photographs, drawings, mock-ups and enriched each year with new exhibits. Includes 7 rooms for the following sections: “Κamarospito”, “Silk”, “Ceramics”, “Κοpaneli”, “Petrades-Lithoksoi”, “Church, woodwork and metalwork”.
Located in the historic part of the museum’s exhibits are weapons and swords by the protracted games of Cretan for freedom, small part of painting tables and historical does, in which documents are displayed the most important events in Greek and Cretan history. Currencies Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, Turkish, Cretan State and currency of Syracuse (405-345b.c. ). Also,medals of locals residences, that gained in battlefields.
1600 B.C. Spring festival Guests proceed to the theatre of the palace to honour the Great Mother, Goddess Nature. The guide informs the guests about the proceedings. Everybody is excited about what will follow. The high-priestess enters the stage. She is burning incense from aromatic herbs of the
The Museum of Natural History Crete has existed since 1980. Includes five parts: zoological, botanical and anthropological, Paleontological, geological and Oruktologiko.
The Piraeus Archaeological Museum offers the visitor a complete image of the city’s history, which was marked by great sevelopment during the ancient times, both as a commercial center of the eastern Mediterranean, and also as a naval base of ancient Athens.
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