Santorini
Culture & Tradition :
santorini churches, greek orthodox easter, religious calendars and festivals, greek namedays, recipes...
archaeological museum, prehistoric museum, megaro gyzi museum, naval museum, george emmanuel argyros mansion, lignos folklore museum...
petros m. nomikos conference center, thera wall paintings, art space argyros canava exhibition, 'vanishing santorini' exhibition...
akrotiri excavations, ancient thira...
Santorini History
skaros fortress, castle of agios nikolaos, tower of nimborio, pyrgos castle, akrotiri castle & tower...
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| Santorini Museums : Archaeological
Museum |
| A Fine Collection of Exhibits |
While many outstanding archaeological
finds from Santorini will be found at the National Archaeological
Museum in Athens, the Historical and Cultural Archaeological
Museum of Santorini in Fira contains artifacts from
excavations on the island ...
It was built in 1960 by the Ministry of Public Works
in order to replace the old museum (built in 1902),
that had collapsed during the earthquake of 1956.
Noteworthy are a fine collection of geometric red and
black vases from the fifth century BC Inscriptions
are plentiful among the displays in the museum and a
certain amount of Minoan ware is also on exhibit.
The museum also hosts impressive frescoes as well as
sculptures of the Hellenistic period, Byzantine works
of art and even some remains of prehistoric times. |
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| Collections on Display : |
| - Sculpture from the Archaic
to the Roman period |
| - Inscriptions from the Archaic
to the Roman period |
| - Vases & clay figurines,
dating from the Geometric to the Hellenistic periods |
| Fira Santorini 847 00 Greece |
| 8.30 - 15.00 (Mon closed) |
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