Representation
of the explosion
in Arkadi Monastery in 1866
Dionysis
Potamianos
in the hall of his wax museum.
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Sights - Rethymno Prefecture |
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Zoniana - Potamianos' wax museum |
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In
1998 Dionysis Potamianos opened his wax museum holding no less than 87
full-scale figures.
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Even
though Potamianos comes from Athens, it became one of his missions in life
to represent the history of Crete through his wax figures, which have
taken him 40 years to create.
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The
museum has moreover a large collection of various coins, bank notes and
other means of payment, right from the Turkish period, through Kritiki
Politeia (the Cretan autonomy) to the last drachmas, abolished in 2002.
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Representation
of the explosion
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Potamianos likes to show his 1000 m2 big museum to the curious
guest, telling vividly about the history of the island.
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Dionysis
Potamianos |
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