Pierides Museum (Larnaka)
The Pierides Museum in Larnaka is considered the second most important archaeological museum in Cyprus after the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia . It is one of two archaeological museums in Larnaka, Cyprus.
building
The museum is housed in a neo-colonial style villa built in 1840 and inhabited by the Pierides diplomatic family. This family put the collections together over several generations. The family served as a consular for the German Empire, Austria, the United States and England. Since the year 2000, the museum has been largely supported by the Cyprus Popolar Bank .
In five halls and the corridor, it shows archaeological finds from the area around Larnaka from the Neolithic through ancient times to the Middle Ages. Ceramic finds dominate. Historical engravings from Cyprus are also shown. The ceramic exhibits include imported goods from the regions around Cyprus as well as Cypriot products, especially in the kypro-geometric free-field style (approx. 700 to 475 BC).
tour
- Hall 1: prehistoric finds from approx. 7000 to 475 BC Chr.
- Hall 2: Finds from Archaic to Roman times, approx. 750 BC Chr. To 395 AD
- Room 3: Cartography from the Venetian period to the end of the British occupation, approx. 1489 to 1960 AD.
- Hall 4: Hellenistic and Roman glass, approx. 325 BC Chr. To 395 AD
- Room 5: Franconian ceramics, approx. 1191 to 1489 AD
gallery
Chalcolithic donor vessel from Souskiou, Pieridesmuseum Larnaka
Further finds can be viewed in the museum garden.
location
The museum is located in Zinonos Kitieos, the street running parallel to the Phinikoudes beach promenade to the west , approximately at the level of the northern beginning in the center of Larnaka.
literature
- Andreas Schneider : Cyprus . DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern, 3rd edition 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Schneider, Cyprus, p. 90
Coordinates: 34 ° 54 '58.2 " N , 33 ° 38' 10.7" E
