Byzantine MuseumAlykes, Greece
Located in the famous Solomos square, Zante Town the largest and most charming of the island, that after the havoc of the earthquake in 1953 is now getting back to its original charm.
The museum...
Located in the famous Solomos square, Zante Town the largest and most charming of the island, that after the havoc of the earthquake in 1953 is now getting back to its original charm.
The museum that for the first time was open to the public in 1960 is on three levels and in the first two rooms the visitor can admire Byzantine icons carved in the wood whereas in the third and fourth rooms there are original frescos of the 15th, 16th and 17th Century. Two more rooms are dedicated to paintings of the 18th Century and oils on canvas of artists like Doxaras, Koutouzis and Kantouni.
The special importance of this museum is the opportunity for visitors to appreciate the pictures and plastics reproducing the city before the earthquake besides the artistic evolution from the post Byzantine period to the contemporary Greek art.
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