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Cythera Collection of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art: A treasure chest of ecclesiastical marvels

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Livadi, Cythera, GR Get Directions

The Collection is accommodated in the Byzantine church of the Ascension, a single-aisled vaulted church with no mural decoration, housing rich exhibits from the Early Christian to the late post-Byzantine period. 

Here you can marvel at wall-paintings from Cytherian churches, rare fragments of Early Christian mosaic floors, post-Byzantine icons, as well as a variety of ecclesiastical objects, e.g. silverware, metallic items and pottery.

Directions

Provincial Road Chora – Livadi
80100, Livadi, Cythera

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By car

Approximately 2.5 km from the settlement of Livadi

Opening hours

Summer hours

April 1 – October 31

Mon: Closed
Tue: Closed
Wed: 08:30 – 15:30
Thu: Closed
Fri: 08:30 – 15:30
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed

Winter hours

November 1 – March 31

Closed

Last admission: 20 minutes before closing time



The site remains closed on the following dates and public holidays:
January 1, March 25, May 1, Easter Sunday, December 25 & 26.

Tickets

Full: €5.00
Reduced: €3.00

Admission is free on March 6, April 18, May 18, the last weekend of September, on October 28, as well as on the first and third Sunday of each month between November 1 and March 31.

Amenities

Parking

Contact

Archaeological Museum of Cythera
T: +30 27360 39012

Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands
T: +30 210 4590700
E: efapn@culture.gr

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