The museum is housed in a building constructed in 1980 located near the site of Kolona.
It is normally planed that the collection will be transferred.
It
is housing a collection of artefacts from the Temple of
Aphaia, a statue of the Temple of Apollo and Neolithic
pots.
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From the ancient 5th century temple dedicated to Apollo,
god of light and true, only a Doric column remains, proudly
standing on the Hill of Kolona (column in Greek). On the hill was also standing the Ancient Acropolis of
the island and finds from an early Helladic settlement
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It is one of the most complete archaeological temples of Greece, consisting of various arrays of columns and lintels in a very good condition.
The temple's pediments were adorned with magnificent sculptures representing the Battle of Troy, which can not be seen there anymore since they have been taken by the Turks during the 19th century, as many of Greece's marbles, and got sold to Ludwig of Bavaria, the father of King Otho. |
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Christos Capralos was a Greek sculptor, born in 1909 in Panaitolio, a village near Agrinio. He studied (1929-34) painting in the Athens School of Fine Arts and sculpture (1934-40) in the Grande Chaumiere and Colsrossi Academies.
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The Historical and Folklore Museum of Aegina is housed in a Neoclassical building of 1828. It houses many traditional items of the island.
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