THE IAKOVATIOS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
The Iakovatios Library is located on
the western outskirts of Lixouri and is housed in the renovated pre-earthquake mansion
belonging to the Typaldi-Iakovatos family. It was restored in 1984. It consists of 14 rooms with wood-panelled ceilings, which are a feature of aristocratic houses, as are the 30,000 books, of which one fifth are 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century editions. |
The Library Museum takes up one floor
of the building and among its collection you can see documents belonging to the Iakovatos
brothers, ecclesiastic vestments, antique furniture, the Metropolitan’s bedroom suite,
portraits, an 1854 leaden seal, a psalter in 4 languages, prelatic garments, bishops’
crosses etc. The Museum also contains:
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Panelling from the ceiling of the |