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Byzantine and Christian Museum
Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο

Location within Athens
Established	1914; 111 years ago (1914)
Location	Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, Athens, Greece
Coordinates	37°58′29″N23°44′40″E / 37.97472°N 23.74444°E /37.97472; 23.74444
Type	Art museum (Byzantine art),Christian museum
Director	Pari Kalamara
Public transit access	Evangelismos station
Website	www.byzantinemuseum.gr

TheByzantine and Christian Museum (Greek:Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο) is situated atVassilissis Sofias Avenue inAthens, Greece.

History

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It was founded in 1914, it was originally situated on the first floor of the Academy but it was later moved to the villa of the Duchesse de Plaisance, also known as the Ilissia villa, a building of 1848.^[1]

It houses more than 25,000 exhibits with rare collections of pictures, scriptures, frescoes, pottery, fabrics, manuscripts, and copies of artefacts from the 3rd century AD to theLate Middle Ages. It is one of the most important museums in the world forByzantine Art. In June 2004, in time for its 90th anniversary and the2004 Athens Olympics, the museum reopened to the public after an extensive renovation and the addition of another wing.

Visitor information

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The gallery is situated on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue 22, down the street from theHilton Athens. It is housed inVilla Ilissia^[2] designed byStamatios Kleanthis. It can be reached by theAthens Metro at theEvangelismos station.

Gallery

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Early marbletemplon
Late Roman statuette of the Good shepherd (4th century), from Corinth
Late Roman statuette of Orpheus (4th century), from Aegina
Marble slabs
Marble slab, 11th century
Byzantine ceramic ware (9th through 13th century)
Double-sided icon with Saint George (front), from Kastoria
Fragments of a Gothic arcosolium (Crusaders art)
Icon of Archangel Michael (14th century)
Icon of Saint Catherine, from Veria (14th century)
Icon of Saint Catherine (17th century)
Limestone panel with the figure of St John the Baptist, fromZakynthos (17th century)
Frescoed iconostasis fromEvrytania (17th century)

References

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^M., W. (1931)."Review of Ὁδηγὸς τοῦ Βυζαντινοῦ Μουσείου Ἀθηνῶν. Ἔκδοσις δευτέρα".The Journal of Hellenic Studies.51:320–320.doi:10.2307/626248.ISSN 0075-4269.
^"Byzantine and Christian Museum".

Bibliography

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Hatzidakis, Manolis (1987).Έλληνες Ζωγράφοι μετά την Άλωση (1450-1830). Τόμος 1: Αβέρκιος - Ιωσήφ [Greek Painters after the Fall of Constantinople (1450-1830). Volume 1: Averkios - Iosif]. Athens: Center for Modern Greek Studies, National Research Foundation.hdl:10442/14844.ISBN 960-7916-01-8.

Hatzidakis, Manolis; Drakopoulou, Evgenia (1997).Έλληνες Ζωγράφοι μετά την Άλωση (1450-1830). Τόμος 2: Καβαλλάρος - Ψαθόπουλος [Greek Painters after the Fall of Constantinople (1450-1830). Volume 2: Kavallaros - Psathopoulos]. Athens: Center for Modern Greek Studies, National Research Foundation.hdl:10442/14088.ISBN 960-7916-00-X.

Drakopoulou, Evgenia (2010).Έλληνες Ζωγράφοι μετά την Άλωση (1450–1830). Τόμος 3: Αβέρκιος - Ιωσήφ [Greek Painters after the Fall of Constantinople (1450–1830). Volume 3: Averkios - Joseph]. Athens, Greece: Center for Modern Greek Studies, National Research Foundation.ISBN 978-960-7916-94-5.

Acheimastou Potamianou, Myrtalē (1998).Icons of the Byzantine Museum of Athens. Athens, Greece: Ministry of Culture.ISBN 9789602149119.

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