DESCRIPTION
INFORMATION
 
 
 
  Administrative Information
 
 

Official Unit:
26th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities

Τ.Κ. 24023, Platsa (Prefecture of Messinia)

Telephone: +30 27210 74231

 
 
Free admission days
27 September, International Tourism Day
Sundays in the period between 1 November and 31 March
Reduced admission for:
Persons possessing a free admission card
The accompanying parents on educational visits of elementary schools.
The escorting teachers of schools and institutions of elementary, middle school, high school, university and graduate level education during their visits
Free admission for:
Greek citizens and citizens of other Member - States of the European Union aged over 65 years old by showing their ID card or passport.
Members of Societies and Associations of Friends of Museums and Archaeological Sites throughout Greece with the demonstration of certified membership card
Members of the ICOM-ICOMOS
Persons accompanying blind and disabled
Students of Higher Education Institutes and equivalent Schools from countries outside the EU by showing their student ID
The official guests of the Greek government, with the approval of the General Director of Antiquities.
University students and students at Technological Educational Institutes or equivalent schools of Member - States of the European Union and students at Schools of Tourist Guides, by showing their student ID
Young people, under the age of 18, after demonstrating the Identity Card or passport to confirm the age
 
  Open

Winter:
From the 1st of November until the 31 of March 2010:
8:30-15:00

The monument is accessible after arrangement with the Ephorate.

 
  Suggestive Bibliography
Megaw A.H.S., "Byzantine Architecture in Mani", BSA 33 1932-33, 137-162
Ahrweiler-Glykatzi H., "Une inscription meconnue sur les Melingues du Taygete", Bulletin de Correspondance Hellenique 86 1962, 1-10
Μουρίκη Ντ., Τοιχογραφίες του Αγίου Νικολάου στην Πλάτσα της Μάνης, Αθήνα 1975
Μπούρας Χ. & Μπούρα Λ., Η Ελλαδική Ναοδομία κατά το 12ο αιώνα, Αθήνα 2002
 
 
See also
Other monuments and museums in the same prefecture
Antonopouleion Archaeological Museum
Archaeological Museum of Messenia
Benakio Archaeological Museum at Kalamata
Bridge at Agios Polycarpos
Castle of Pylos
Church of the Metamorfosi Sotira at Nomitsi
Church of the Metamorfosi tou Sotira Nomitsi at Christianoupoli
Early Byzantine Vasilika
Folklore Museum at Kalamata
Folklore Museum of Phoinikion