| Santorini Lignos Folklore Museum |
Old laboratories of ironsmiths, carpenters, gravimeters, shoemakers as well as an authentic old wine factory, a gallery with work of local artists and various important documents and books are some of what can the visitor see who will found in the Folklore Museum of Santorini, that for a few moments will feel that he realizes a travel in time. The drawing room, a big vaulted room, is maintained precisely as it was in the beginnings of the previous century: old furniture, decorative objects, needle-works, photographs of the first owner of the house and a gramophone in the corner of the room. Particular impression causes the visit in the cave-mine with traces of volcanic activity, from where it took place the excavation of pumice, while the visitor has the opportunity to see closely how does the tank of a big traditional well look like. The visit in the authentic wine factory of house, with the wine-press, the draw-well with which they were compressed the remains of grapes and the mallets for the pressure of the sun-cured grapes, from which came out the sweet wine visanto, is also impressive. In the new wing of the Museum are exposed works of important Greek artists that have impressed Santorini, like Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gkikas, Paris Prekas, Panagiotis Gravvalos and many others. In the courtyard of the Museum is found the chapel of Saint Konstantinos that was built in 1993. Opening hours : 10:00-14:00 & 18:00-20:00 Telephone : 22860-22792 source kykladesnews.gr |
