Folklore Museum
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Kastoria - ancient city in the northwestern part of Greece, with its history, traditions and rich cultural heritage. Among the most interesting sights it occupies a special place and Folklore Ethnographic Museum of Kastoria.

Kastoria Folklore Museum was opened in 1972. The museum is located in one of the most beautiful and oldest buildings of the city not far from the shores of Lake Orestiada. A two-storey house was built in about 16-17 centuries and is so well preserved to this day, that did not need any restoration work to open it in the museum. In a perfect state of preservation and decoration of the original house.

Since the history of the city has for centuries linked to the furrier business, the museum is equipped with a separate room in the form of a workshop on sewing of fur .  This exhibition has a special place .  Here you can find a variety of tools that have ever been used for the production of fur products .  Among the exhibits you can see the first special sewing machine to work with fur, which was brought from France in 1884 .  In the house are furnished with antique furniture, bedroom, children, small and large living room and toilet .  It is on display and various household utensils .  On the ground floor of the building equipped with three cellars .  In the wine cellar, and today you can see the wine press, barrels for storing wine and special baskets for the grape harvest .  The second cellar was designed for storing various conservation, and the third - for cereals, legumes and flour .  Also on the ground floor of stored wood and coal .  In the courtyard there is a well, a hangar for boats and kitchen .

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