Ιστορικό και Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Κριτσωτοπούλας

About the museum

The Istoriko kai Laografiko Mouseio Kritsotopoulas is housed in the house considered to be Rodanthi’s family home, in the heart of the village of Kritsa in the Mirabello district. According to tradition, Rodanthi, known as Kritsotopoula, was the daughter of the village’s chief priest (protopapas). In the years of Ottoman rule she was forced to marry Hursit Pasha at a young age, but she managed to escape and, disguised as a man, fought alongside the Cretan fighters. She was killed at the age of nineteen in the battle of Kritsa in 1823, having sacrificed herself so that her fellow villagers could gain time and escape the Egyptian and Turkish forces.

The aim of the museum is to recreate faithfully the living conditions of the period. The authentic 19th-century architecture, the furniture and the costumes give an impression of the residents’ daily life. Visitors see a traditional kitchen, Rodanthi’s bedroom, a traditional loom with handmade fabrics and an area that recreates a traditional kafeneion.

Highlights

• The house of Rodanthi, the Kritsotopoula
• Traditional kitchen and 19th-century bedroom
• Loom with handmade fabrics
• Recreation of a traditional kafeneion

Permanent exhibition

• Μόνιμη έκθεση στο σπίτι της Κριτσωτοπούλας – Recreation of life in 19th-century Crete with kitchen, bedroom, loom and a kafeneion area.

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