Limassol Museums

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Lemesos District Archeological Museum
Address: Near old port
Tel.: 00357-25330419
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 9-17; Sunday 10-13
Interesting collection of antiquities found in Lemesos area from Neolithic Age to Roman Period.

Municipal Folk Art Museum
Address: Agiou Andreou 253
Tel.: 00357-25362303
Opening hours:
Monday-Friday 8:30-13:30; Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 15-17:30
(June-September 16-18:30)
A beautiful collection of Cyprus Folk Art of 19th and early 20th century is exhibited in a restored old house.

Kourion Archeological Museum
Address: 14 km west of Lemesos, 4 km before Kourion Site, at Episkopi village
Tel.: 00357-25430008
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9-14:30
Largest collection of icons on the island, covering the period from 9th to 18th century AD. The Art Galleries contain oil paintings, maps and lithographs.

The "Mouflon" (or "Agrino") is a species of wild sheep and as such is one of the Caprinae or "goat antelopes". It is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds. It is red-brown with a dark back-stripe, light colored saddle patch and underparts.