
of Antiquities of Arta

of Arta

of Ambracia

of Ambracia



Museum of Arta

Museums
The Ephorate of Antiquities of Arta has under its administration two museums, the Archaeological Museum of Arta, dedicated in ancinet Ambracia and the Glyptothek in Parigoritissa, dedicated in the Byzantine Arta and the architectural sculpture of its temples.
Archaeological
Museum of Arta
The Archaeological Museum of Arta (ΑΜΑ) is located in the southern part of Arta, next to the eastern bank of river Arachtus and in close proximity to the historic bridge.
It is dedicated to the ancient city of Ambracia, the colony founded by Corinthians in 625 BC and nowadays lays under modern Arta. Ambracia became and remained throughout its life the civil, commercial and political centre of ancient Epirus.
Glyptothek
In the refectory (dining room), a large rec- tangular building in the NA of the church of Parigoritisa, is nowadays .hosted a Sculpture Gallery of byzantine times.
The gallery displays a rich collection of Byzantine sculptures from Arta and the wider area, dating from early christian to period (5ος – 6th c. AD) to 14th century.
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