Kastoria Pillows

Greek destinations!

Greek destinations!

Panoramic view of Kastoria town, surrounded by beautiful "Orestias" or "Orestiada" lake. Kastoria, besides its beauty, is well know as one of the most important, fur production and trading center in the world. It is, also, an "open air" Byzantine museum, with 75 byzantine and post-Byzantine churches and more than 3.700 square meters of byzantine frescoes covering a period of about 7 centuries. You can see the interior of some of those churches, but to do so, first you have to go to the Byzantine Museum, located at the top of the old Byzantine Acropolis (where you can also see a very rare collection of portable icons, and the process of restoration) and ask for the escort of one of guards of the museum. They will open you the doors ...

Early morning view of the beautiful town of Kastoria, reflected on the tranquil surface of Orestiada lake. Macedonia, Greece.

A city in Greece.

A city in Greece.

Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III Here you can see the eco-museum in Dispilio (a small town very close the the most beautiful town of Macedonia, Kastoria) a "replica" of a prehistoric (neolithic) lakeside settlement, located right besides the archaelogical site where true signs of the neolithic era were discovered. The recreation was absolutely based on the real finding of the excavations. The excavations are open to the public and you can also visit a small museum. According to the archaeologists, this is one of the oldest settlements in Europe, with an "age" of 7.500 years.