Byzantine and Christian Museum

The Byzantine and Christian Museum was founded in 1914 and focuses exclusively on Byzantine art from the 4th to 19th centuries.  It is housed in the attractive Villa Illissia, and contains an impressive array of frescoes, icons, and tapestries, as well as paintings and sculptures.   Other features include its display of several outstanding illuminated manuscripts.  It has been undergoing renovations and may be periodically closed or at partial capacity.  There are rooms devoted to recreations of Byzantine churches from the 5th to 11th centuries as well.