Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-19
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[01] The restored archaeological museum of Kos opens to public
[01] The restored archaeological museum of Kos opens to public
The restored Archaeological Museum of Kos was inaugurated on Sunday
by Culture Minister Aristidis Baltas and regional governor of southern
Aegean Giorgos Hatzimarkos.
The museum is a very important piece of culture, a jewel for the island of
Kos as well as for Greece that is handed over to the people fully restored
and upgraded, 60 years after its establishment in 1936 by the Italians.
The museum is situated in the central square of Kos, at the heart of
the historic and commercial centre of the island.
It hosts all the finds from the excavations held on the island until
today, mostly those found in the archaeological sites of the Ancient
Agora, the west archaelogical site, separate monuments as the Altar of
Dionysus, the Odeon and the Casa Romana.
The scultures' exhibition also hosted in the museum is a collection of
works dated back to the Hellenistic and the post-Roman era and aims to
display the most important works of the island of Kos.
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