Sights in Ioannina
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Byzantine Museum
The best sight within the sublime Its Kale (Inner Citadel; h08:00-17:00, 20:00-22:00 Tue-Sun)is the Byzantine Museum , housed in two buildings near the Fetiye Cami(Victory Mosque), which include Ali Pasha's former palace. The museum features early Christian and Byzantine art, pottery, coins and silverware, and even post-Byzantine icons and manuscripts. The priceless treasures include early printed Greek books from Venice and ornate silver jewellery boxes with cloisonné enamel. Textual accompaniments give a fascinating overview of Ioannina's history from the 4th to the 17th century, and divulge other unexpected facts, like that the Rome-based jewellery empire, Bulgari, was…
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Municipal Ethnographic Museum
The Municipal Ethnographic Museum stands at the Kastro's northern end in the Aslan Pasha Mosque (1619). Local costumes and photographs of old Ioannina are on display, as are tapestries and prayer shawls from the synagogue of Ioannina's once significant Jewish community.
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Folklore Museum
Similar items to those on display at the Municipal Ethnographic Museum, including embroidery and cooking utensils, are on view at the Folklore Museum .
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Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum remained closed for renovations at time of writing. It contains finds from Dodoni, Vitsa and Efira.
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