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The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, Greece, was founded in 1914 and is one of the most important museums of Byzantine art in the world.

It houses over 25,000 pieces of art, including collections of frescoes, icons, pictures, scriptures, pottery, manuscripts, fabrics, and copies of original artifacts, covering the period from the 3rd century AD to the Late Middle Ages. The Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens is one of the most important Greek institutions established to collect, preserve, study, and exhibit Byzantine and post-Byzantine cultural heritage in the Hellenic territory. The exhibition is divided into two main parts: Byzantium from the 4th to 15th centuries with 1,200 artifacts and the exhibition called From Byzantium to the Modern Era, with 1,500 artworks from the 15th to 20th centuries.

Leoforos Vasilissis Sofias 22, Athens 106 75, Greece, Phone: +30-21-07-23-15-70

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