Nautical Museum of Neapoli
SHOWCASING THE NAUTICAL ART & TRADITION IN THE AREA
The Nautical Museum of Neapoli is a modern and complete exhibition space plays today a very important part here: to honour all those who shaped this land’s destiny fighting with the waves. Or else, tell one more nautical tale, a story of many protagonists. Simply and graphically, as only sea people know.
Axes of the museum
The Museum
With more than 15.000 km of shoreline today, Greece developed and kept for centuries a privileged relationship with the liquid element, that was to decisively influence its historical course. In our special homeland, Vatika of Laconia, nautical tradition had the fortune to be born under the shadow of a real legend, Cape Maleas.
A modern and complete exhibition space plays today a very important part here: to honour all those who shaped this land’s destiny fighting with the waves. Or else, tell one more nautical tale, a story of many protagonists. Simply and graphically, as only sea people know.
With texts, images and exhibits, the Nautical Museum is attempting a multifaceted presentation of its subject
Knowing Vatika
A tour around the main sights of the area, combined with a quick historical recursion make the first connections between the land and the visitor.
Approaching Cape Maleas
The legend of the area was praised in awe in literature, sung by the popular muse and left an indelible imprint on nautical tales.
Vatika sailing
The decisive turn of Vatika people to the sea founded close relationships with other shipping centres, secured material wealth, influenced the social structure and shaped conscience and character. Once the only way of professional rehabilitation, today a valuable heritage…
Discover more
The spiritual, cultural and material capital that the rich nautical tradition left behind, is not the only reason that makes Vatika stand out in the eyes of the visitor.
The trip does not end here, there are more stops on the road…
- Kastania Cave, works of art in the depths of the earth
- Agios Nikolaos Geopark, a geological “museum” on the borders of land and sea.
- Lake Stroggili, important for the birds, charming for people
- Pavlopetri, a city under the waves
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