It is the biggest museum of wax effigies in Greece and also a great heritage in our history. Everything in this museum, from the moment their idea was perceived until the stage of its creation, was handcrafted by a man, who wanted to enliven elements of his country’s history with lots of love and passion. After hard work the museum opened its...
- Ioannina Prefecture / Culture / Museums
In a 1200-square meter, comfortable building there is a collection of findings in seven renovated rooms that take us back 250000 years into the Roman era. Obviously, the most important exhibits are those coming from Dodoni, where a significant, ancient oracle was located.
Opening hours: Every day 9:00-16:00 except for Monday.
While wondering in the castle you will find yourselves in the fortress Its-Kale. In a 2-storey building built in 1958 as a royal warehouse the Byzantine Museum is housed.
The exhibits that come from the whole Epirus are divided into three categories: Paleochristian, Byzantine and Post-byzantine covering a period from the 4th till the 9th...
The building that was bought in 1976 by the Eteria Ipirotikon Meleton (EHM), was built around 1800-1808 and belonged to Arife or Raze and Safie, widow and daughter of Ahmet Mousli. It was used as a Turkish primary school, pedagogic Academy and after the war as a Gymnasium for males and later as a Technical School for foremen. The rooms were...
This is how the old manors in Metsovo looked like and especially the manor that belonged to Georgios Averof-Tositsas. In this fully renovated manor you will have the chance to meet Metsovo through a rich collection of local apparels, old icons, woven clothes and lots of utensils.
Opening hours: Every day except Thursday, 09:00-13:30 and...
A museum built to show us how humans started to use the movement of water. You will see a watermill that has been fully renovated with all of its components. Of course everything is built with rock.
This museum is housed in an impressive building that was built in the early 17th century (probably 1618) by Aslan Pasa also known as “the Good Pasa”, who built it after ending the revolution of Dionysus the Philosopher.
It is located in the castle, which is displayed in its three collections that represent its Christian, Jew and Muslim...
Ali Pasa with his wife Vasiliki and a few loyal servants fled to the small island in 1822, where the monastery of Agios Panteleimonas is located. However, he was tracked down by the soldiers of Hoursit Pasa and was killed. His head was sent to the Sultan together with Vasiliki, who was later released and died finally in Etoliko, Mesologi. On...