Traditional House of Kalymnos

Kalymnos - Traditional House of KalymnosIt is located on the southern edge of the Monastery of All Saints, in Vothini. It is a private Folk Museum of Mrs. Skilla Chalkidiou Faneromeni with many folklore objects and chattels of
old households. Visitors get the opportunity to learn about the form and organization of everyday life which took place in a traditional urban house of the late 19th and the early 20th century.  Mrs Faneromeni Skylla who is a daughter of a sponge fisherman loved this place and wanted provide every visitor with pictures of “yesterday” and to talk about “her Kalymnos”. In her own simple way she manages to transmit all the love she has for the island to the visitor. The Traditional House of Kalymnos has been awarded by Hata 2004.

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