Greece
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.
The collection of tombal monuments from the area of the northern cemetery of the ancient city was the center of the Piraeus Archaeological Museum’s collection. This small, but important collection, was first housed in the city’s high school, on Korai square. In 1935, the first Archaeological Museum of Piraeus was founded, situated in the small building of eclecticistic style on Filellinon str., on the northern side of Zea theatre.
The museum as it stands today, was founded in 1966 as an extension of the old one, and opened its gates to the public in 1981. 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
The National Gallery has in its collections more than 17.000 works of painting, sculpture, engravings and other forms of art, and is the treasury of the recent Greek artistic creativity, covering a timespan from the metabyzantine days up to our days.
The port of Spinalonga is situated on the northwest side of the gulf of Mirabello. On the entrance of the port, close to the Spinalonga peninsula, is where the skerry of the same name is located, entirely surrounded by a fort.
The Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno is housed in a 17th century Venetian mansion.
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