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Zakynthos

Ζάκυνθος

MUSEUMS & MONUMENTS
Μουσεία & Μνημεία

The Byzantine Museum (5km from the town). Through is gallery of paintings,
The Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos is located which has received many awards, it is exclusive in
on Solomos spuare. Proceeding to the right of its Greece is presenting the course of evolution of the
entrance, you can go up to the first floor and cross Naval History of our Nation, and is forst in the world
the entire lenght of the building before descending for its research on Greek boats of the middle ages,
to the entrance a seconf time. The museum houses thus gathering 400 years of history. Nautical objects
a rich collection of portable icons, a real panorama belonging to renowed ships, photographic materials,
of ecclesiastical painting from Byzantine, Ionian and uniforms, and historic treasures complete the unigue
local art. Work by Damaskinos, Tzanes, Kallergis, historical record. (Tel.:+30 26950 42436)
Doxaras, Koutouzis, and Tsonis in exhibited. Although
the older exhibits in the museum are characteristic Vertzagio Agricultural Museum
exapmles of Byzantine art, the work of Panagiotis In the village of Pigadakia, belonging to the Com-
Doxaras (1622-1700), who had studied in Venice, munity of Alykes since 1998 the Vertzagio Cultural
is naturalistic and belongs to the Ionian school.The and Agricultural Museum has been operating. The
son of Doxaras, Nikolaos, continued the Western Museum exhibits the cultural and agricultural history
tradition, as did Nikolaos Koutouzis (1741-1813), of a traditional Greek village of zakynthos, with rare
whose work one may see in the museum but also items from the entire island, some of which date
in the church of Agios Dionysios. The museum also from the 16th century. (Tel.:+30 26950 84077)
houses the iconostasis of the church of Pantokratos,
the church of Agios Dimitrios, and the exterios of Chelmis Museum of Natural History
the church of Agios Andreas from Volimes. Hellen- The Chelmis Museum of Natural History is located
istic and Byzantine sculptures and statues are also in Agia Marina, a beautiful village at the centre of
housed there. (Tel.:+30 26950 42714) Zakynthos, with an amazing view of Zakynthos town
and of Laganas Bay. It houses notewirthly collections
Solomos & Kalvos Museum with more than 500 specimens from the natural
The Solomos & Kalvos museum, which is located world, such as birds, fish, shellfish from the seven
on Agios Markos Square, includes on its ground floor seas , plants and animals that have become extinct,
the impressive tombs of Dionysios Solomos (1798- stones & minerals. (Tel.: +30 26950 65040)
1857) and the tombs of Andreas Kalvos (1792-1869).
At the entrance there is a piece of the holly oak, in Ecclesiastical Museum
whose shadow, on Stranis Hill, Solomos was inspired On the raised ground floos of the new wing, which
to write the “Hymm to Freedom” that later became was inaugurated on November 12, 2000, the new
the national anthem of Greece, as well as the “Free Museum and Sacristy of the Holy Monastery of St-
Besigned” in may of 1823. (Tel.:+30 26950 48928) rofades and Agios Dionysios. The Museum, a site of
culture and historical memory, consists of icons and
Milanio Nautical Museum other teasures of Christian art, which mainly come
The Milanio Nautical museum is located in tsilivi from the Monastery of Strofades. (Tel.:+30 26950
48203)