Archaeological Museum of Florina: From the depths of prehistory to the splendor of Byzantium

The journey into the past begins with prehistoric finds from the settlement of Armenochori, as well as the jaws of a 200,000-500,000 year-old giant mammoth found in the village of Sotiras.

The ground floor is dominated by an impressive collection of Roman sculptures, while an entire hall is occupied by a mosaic with geometric and floral motifs that adorned the floor of a Roman residence in Kato Kleines. The first floor of the museum is occupied by domestic objects that reveal the secrets of everyday life in the Hellenistic towns of Agios Panteleimon and Petres. Also on display are sculptures, sign-posts from the Via Egnatia discovered at Petres, and an inscribed shield from Vegora.

The journey through time ends with the Byzantine Collection, which contains objects from the Byzantine monuments in the Prespa Lakes region dating from the 10th to the 18th century; the detached frescoes from the basilica of Saint Achilleios on the island of the same name in Mikri Prespa are of particular interest.