Pavlos Melas Museum
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The Pavlos Melas Museum is located in the village of Melas
, in the north part of the regional unit of Kastoria, Greece
.
The building belonged to the Kantzakis family, from whom the Prefecture of Kastoria purchased it. The Museum was inaugurated in the early 1970s and operates today with the support of the “Friends of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle” and cooperating women’s associations. It is a historic monument because Pavlos Melas
, the hero of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
, was killed in it on 13 October 1904 during a clash with the Ottoman army. The visitor can also see traditional objects that belonged to the Kantzakis family, as well as weapons from the period of the struggle. Also exhibited are clothing and photographs of fighters from the Florina
and Kastoria
regions.
Melas, Kastoria
Melas is a village in the regional unit of Kastoria, northern Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Kastoria and specifically to the municipal unit of Korestia. The previous name of the village was Statista, which was changed to Melas, since it was here that the Macedonian fighter Pavlos Melas...
, in the north part of the regional unit of Kastoria, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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The building belonged to the Kantzakis family, from whom the Prefecture of Kastoria purchased it. The Museum was inaugurated in the early 1970s and operates today with the support of the “Friends of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle” and cooperating women’s associations. It is a historic monument because Pavlos Melas
Pavlos Melas
Pavlos Melas was an officer of the Hellenic Army, and he was among the first who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia....
, the hero of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
Greek Struggle for Macedonia
The Macedonian Struggle was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts between Greeks and Bulgarians in the region of Ottoman Macedonia between 1904 and 1908...
, was killed in it on 13 October 1904 during a clash with the Ottoman army. The visitor can also see traditional objects that belonged to the Kantzakis family, as well as weapons from the period of the struggle. Also exhibited are clothing and photographs of fighters from the Florina
Florina
Florina is a town and municipality in mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. It is also the Metropolitan seat for the region. It lies in the central part of Florina peripheral unit, of which it is the capital. Florina belongs to the periphery of West...
and Kastoria
Kastoria
Kastoria is a city in northern Greece in the periphery of West Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria peripheral unit. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains...
regions.