The Museums of Chios: Byzantine, Archaeological and the Mastic Museum

The former Metzitie mosque in Chios Town, now the Byzantine Museum

Chios holds a set of museums out of proportion to its size, the legacy of an island that grew rich on mastic and shipping and was ruled in turn by Byzantines, Genoese and Ottomans. The capital gathers a Byzantine collection in a former mosque, an archaeological museum, a folklore museum above one of the oldest … Read more