# Byzantine and Christian Museum

Athens, Greece

Founded in 1914 and set in the Villa Ilissia, once home to the Duchess of Plaisance, this museum holds more than 25,000 works of Byzantine and Christian art, from icons and frescoes to mosaics, manuscripts and sculpture.

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Coordinates: 37.97472, 23.74444

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