The museum of traditional jobs is placed in Elafotopos, a village next to Ano Pedina. It is housed in the old Primary School of Elafotopos and its collection was created by its founder, Michalis Oikonomides.
It is also known as the Folklore museum of the village, since Oikonomides provided hundreds of objects not only related to the traditional jobs in Zagoria but also to the every day life there.
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| Lazarides Museum of Flora and Fauna |
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The Lazarides museum of flora and fauna is found in Koukouli village, Zagoria. It is dedicated to Kostas Lazarides, an important naturalist who collected 1,240 different species of plants in the Vikos-Aoos Gorge.
Today, the museum hosts 2,500 dried species of herbs and plants from Epirus. Many of them are known for their healing traits and are used by the local people to produce medication. |
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is found in Monodendri. It was created in 2001 and it is housed in an old traditional mansion. Close to the exhibition centre, there is the Rizarios Handicraft School.
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