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Archaeological Museum of Serres

Archaeological museum of serres


The Archaeological Museum of Serres is located in the old centre of Serres, a city in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is housed in the city's bezistan, a fifteenth-century building in Eleftherias Square. This type of building was erected by the Ottoman Turks to serve as a covered market, and there are only two left in Greece now, in Thessaloniki and in Serres. The Serres bezistan is a single-storey building 21 by 31 metres (69 ft × 102 ft) with a tiled roof and six domes. It is in good condition. Having been restored and renovated, it now functions as an archaeological museum, housing archaeological finds of all periods from the Serres area.

More specifically, there are prehistoric exhibits from the excavations at Promachonas and Kryoneri, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman exhibits (mainly ceramics, statues, and inscriptions) from Argilos, Vergi, Terpni, Neos Skopos, Gazoros, ancient Tragilos, and Serres. Particularly important are the Early Christian and Byzantine exhibits from the town of Serres, most notably a marble icon of Christ and a twelfth-century mosaic of St Andrew the Apostle, both from the Old Cathedral.

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Archaeological Museum of Serres Wikipedia