| Corfu Archaeological Museum of Corfu The exhibits came from: Byzantine Museum (Antivouniotissas) Description: The Byzantine Museum is housed in the Panagia Antivouniotissa church. The church is dedicated to our Lady Virgin Mary Antivouniotissa (Antivouniotissa = opposite the mountains) and is one of the oldest and richest ecclesiastical monuments of the city. It was probably built at the end of the 15th century. It is a single nave, timber-roofed basilica that preserves in tact the particularity of the Corfiot-Septinsular Basilica type church of that era, that is, the existence of an exo-narthex that surrounds the church on three sides. There is an atrium on the eastern side, were a belfry is incorporated. Museum of Asian Art Description: The Museum was founded in 1927, when the ambassador Gregory Manos donated his collection comprised of some 10,500 works of art, and operated until about 1974 as Sino-Japanese museum. Later the museum was enriched with other collections mainly from mid-Asia and since then operates as Museum of Asian Art. The museum often hosts periodic exhibitions.
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