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The libraries of Lefkada: Lefkada is an island with long history and rich cultural heritage. Many famous and important people of the modern Greek culture were born and grown up in Lefkada. This effort to keep the high cultural level of the inhabitants is seen till today in the rare and significant libraries of Lefkada town. In particular, two are the most important libraries of the island: the Public Library and the Charamoglios Special Library.
The Public Library is ideally located in the center of Lefkada town. It is housed in a rather elegant two-storied edifice with a distinct neoclassical architectural feature, built at the end of the 19th century. This edifice originally belonged to Panos Zoulinos but in 1953 it was sold to the Greek Government, which turned it into a public library. The library is well stocked with a huge number of books and manuscripts, a collection of Byzantine
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