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Corinth Museum



The Corinth Museum, Corinth is one of the major Tourist Attractions in Corinth in Greece. The Corinth Museum is visited by large numbers of tourists and travelers from all over the world. Corinth Museum, Corinth houses different architectural styles of ancient Greek columns: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. The Museum also includes various artifacts and objects of historical importance.

The Corinth Museum, Corinth displays the different architectural styles of ancient Greek columns: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, of which Doric happens to be the simplest and oldest. The Corinthian is the most ornate and the latest of the designs belonging to the 4th and 5th century BC. The Corinth Museum, Corinth offers a full-fledged and complete view of the art and style of Corinth. The various rooms of the Corinth Museum showcase different items of historical significance. Room I contains Neolithic and Helladic material. In Room II, tourists will get to see items ranging in date from the Proto-Geometric period to the Hellenistic times. You will also find out a lovely collection of pottery from the 11th century onwards.

Room III encloses the Roman, Byzantine and the Frankish material, including statues of Augustus and his grandson Lucius Caesar and of other Roman Emperors. There is a 2nd Century mosaic pavement and figures in the Phrygian dress that is 2.57 meters or 50 feet high. Inside the Corinth Museum in the city of Corinth, you will get a glimpse of the finest of items of the bygone era. The museum is filled with pottery, figurines, tools and the busts of men and women. There is also a large collection of well-preserved glass vessels, plates and bottles and pottery grave that dates back to the 1st to 13 Century BC.The Corinth Museum, Corinth has mosaic floors of impressive colors and tones. There are 2 massive 3rd Century statues of Phrygian captives. Other statues are of Emperor Augustus and his grandson Lucius and “Statue of a Man in Armor” from the 3rd Century that is beautifully worked out and is incredible to see.

The Asklepieion room contained many offerings and votives from Corinth’s healing center. Many of the objects are in the shape of body parts such as ears, breasts and feet. Near the Asklepieion room, there is a long corridor leading to an outside courtyard. The walls of the corridor were lined with relief taken from the Theater.


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Acrocorinth Akrokórinthos Agora
Bema Corinth Canal
Corinth Museum Isthmía
Isthmía Archaeological Museum
Kenchreai Kekhriás (Kehries)
Lechaion Loutráki
Mt Kyllíni Tríkala Kyllíni Nemea
Neméa Archeological Museum Neméa Archeological Site - Doric temple
Perahora Perakhóra Perakhóra - Shrine of Hera
Sikiona Vasilikó Síkyon Temple of Apollo
Temple of Poseidon Temples
Xylokastron Xylókastro




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