 7.500 year ago a group
of people chose the south bank of the lake to build with wood and clay a village in or very close to the
lake. This Neolithic community confronts it for hundreds of years the challenges of the ecosystem of the
region by developing a broad spectrum of activities and a special civilisation.
The excavation research that the group of Mr G. Ch. Chourmouziades, professor of AUTH,
started in 1992 brought to light lots of significant findings. Though the study of these findings there
was an effort of reconstructing the image of the prehistoric lake settlement and creating the first Greek
Settlement Museum.
The Settlement Museum of Dispilio goes beyond the limits of a conventional archaeological
exhibition and transforms the archaeological information to a place where one can experience it. In area
of 20.000 square meters that represents the ecosystem of the lake settlement, the visitor has the possibility
to walk on the wooden platforms of the village, to see the households of the 6th millennium BC and to
see closerthe life of the Neolithic inhabitants.
The representation is surrounded by reception and recreation areas and reflects a
modern concept of museums on the level of using the archaeological information.
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It is the museum where
safeguarded traditional local costumes of men and women. It is lodged in the mansion of Emmanouel Brothers
and possesses an important collection of traditional costumes of Kastoria city and the wider region. Its
operation is based on the effort of the musical and philological club "ARMONIA",
which works and sees for its enrichment and its completion.
The Folklore Museum of
Kastoria is lodged in the mansions of Nerantzi Aivazi in the Doltso area
The Byzantine Museum
of Kastoria exhibits articles of the Byzantine erafrom the 12 1h to the 17 1h century. The articles concern
mainly portable icons, excellently maintained, which have been collected from lots of Byzantine churches
of that region and they constitute rare samples of the Byzantine art. The signs of influence of the Cretan
School (15" century) are obvious on the sculptures and the frescoes. (Tel.0467-26.781). The Byzantine
museum contains one of the most complete collections of Byzantine Hagiographies, portable icons and ecclesiastic
art that one could find anywhere in the world.
