5
Areopolis
the museum
I
n recent years a network of Mani
museums has developed to help
preserve the area’s unique history. In 2005 Kardamyli’s Troupakis
tower was finally transformed into
a museum. Following this trend of
using the Mani’s renowned tower
houses to house local exhibits,
Areopolis has since followed suit
by completing the renovation of
the Pikoulakis tower, now home to
the permanent exhibition entitled
“Tales of Religious Faith in Mani”.
Just as with its Kardamyli cousin,
the EU heavily subsidised the
work and entrance is 2 euros.
There are only two rooms which
carry displays, one upstairs and
one down, but it is well worth a
INSIDE the MANI78
visit if only to wander around a
fully restored tower house.
Yet there is much more inside to
warrant a visit, especially to those
who are intrepid enough to have
first visited one of the sites from
which a large percentage of the
exhibits came from, for example
Tigani and Kiparissos.
The museum is open daily from
8.30am- 3.00pm, EXCEPT Mondays
when it is closed. An excellent
book accompanies the exhibition
(in English and Greek) at a cost of
20 euros along with a DVD and
on the ground floor there is small
room where you can watch a
DVD giving a history of the Mani’s
turbulent history.