The Archaeological Museum of Ioannina is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

located in Litharitsa Park in the centre of

Ioannina Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ...

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. The museum contains many artifacts unearthed in the surrounding area such as Palaeolithic tools, from

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, Asprochaliko and

Kastritsa Kastritsa ( el, Καστρίτσα, before 1927: Μπαρκμάδι - ''Barkmadi'') is a village in the municipal unit of Pamvotida, Ioannina regional unit in Greece. In 2011 its population was 557. It is situated on a hillside near the southern s ...

, the ruins of

Dodoni Dodoni ( el, Δωδώνη) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Kyriaki (community Theriakisi). The modern village of Dodoni is located near the ancient ci ...

and ancient cemeteries such as

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and the Oracle of Acheron. The museum also has many inscriptions, headstones, and a collection of coins. The building was designed by Greek architect

Aris Konstantinidis Aris Konstantinidis (; 4 March 1913 – 18 September 1993) was a Greek modernist architect. Aris Konstantinidis was born in Athens and studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich from 1931 to 1936, where he came into contact wi ...

(1913-1993).

External links

Official site (Greek only)

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(in Greek)www.ioannina-portal.gr

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