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     Byzantine Museum,
     Zákynthos Town


         Model of Zákynthos Town
     1                        on the left with an unopened scroll
         A fascinating exhibit, this 1:500  and keys in his hands, this well­
     detailed scaled mod el by local 20th­   preserved door was saved from the
     century artist Yianni Manesi shows   Panagia (Virgin) Gavalousa church.
     the layout and Venetian archi tecture   It has been dated to around 1570.
     of Zákynthos Town as it looked before
                                  Birth of the Theotokos
     the devastating earthquake of 1953.  5
                                  The work of Nikólaos Doxaras,
                              a much­admired 18th­century artist,
                              this lavish painting once adorned the
                              ceiling of the Phaneromeni church in
                              Zákynthos Town. It shows St Anna on
                              a couch with a newborn child and
                              servants. They are watched over by
                              winged angels encased in a cloud.
                                  Hellenic and Byzantine
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                                  Sculpture Collection
                              The museum has an extensive
     Model of Zákynthos before 1953  collection of sculptures, figurines
                              and architectural remnants dating
         Descent from the Cross
     2                        from the Hellenic and Byzantine
         This fine painting of Christ being  periods. Each piece is subtly lit and
     lowered from the cross after his cruci­ displayed with an informative label.
     fixion is from the church of St Andreas
                                  Procession with the
     of the Gardens. Painted by Greek   7
     artist Nikólaos Kantounes, it’s one of   Relics of St Charalambos
     the museum’s most prized exhibits.   Artist Ioánnis Korais painted this
                              acclaimed work of art in 1756. It
         St Demetrios of Kola
     3                        shows the social groups of the day –
         Templon
                              including children, women, men,
     Dated by its inscription to the year   priests and officials – in a procession
     1690, this beautifully carved and   with an icon of one of the island’s
     gilded templon
     (sanctuary screen)
     would have once
     stood between the
     congregation and the
     inner sanctuary and
     altar of the church of
     St Demetrios of Kola.
         Sanctuary
     4
         Door from
     Panagia
     Gavalousa
     Depicting the
     Apostles Paul on
     the right panel
     holding a closed
     book, and Peter    Sanctuary screen from the church of St Demetrios of Kola




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