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Hersonissos Heritage Museum
Heritage Museum in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece
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Cretan Open-air Museum Lychnostatis
The Cretan Open-air Museum Lychnostatis in Plaka Hersonissos, Crete, Greece brings you an understanding and awareness of Cretan folk cultural heritage, and here visitors can enjoy traditional dwellings, a Chapel Windmill Olive oil - press Wine-press Distillery for raki, and alcoholic beverage as well as Shepherd's shelter ceramic workshop and so much more. The collections here relate to Cretan folk tradition and Ethnology including lifestyle in the pre-industrial Crete, and the Cretan nature environment with vegetation of herbs, fruit trees and cacti, as well as Cretan folk culture. The Cretan Open-air Museum Lychnostatis has a wine press, weaving and plant dying workshop, Cretan folk artists gallery, a bee's and wax workshop, shoe making workshop, carpentry and mineral and stone exhibition. The also have an auditorium for audio visual shows and seminars and an open air theatre for culture an artistic events, enjoy a snack in the cafe and visit the museum shop for souvenirs and collectibles, come for a fascinating visit.
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