Hydra » Monuments & Culture

Located in the center of the harbor and founded in 1648. Impressive are the two marble spiers and the rich interior decoration. In the courtyard there are the busts of Lazarus Kountourioti, Andreas Miaoulis, King George I and Antonis Lignos.

Are built before 1800 and are luxurious inside. Of these stand out Miaouli mansion used as a museum, which houses Tompazis Annex of Fine Arts, Kriezis which houses the nursing home, the Bountouri and Tsamados where works the Merchant Marine School.

Lazaros Koundouriotis Mansion (National Historical Museum)

The bronze statue of the hero of the Greek revolution dominates the left side of the Hydra harbor.

The institution was founded in Geneva in 1983 by the collector Dakis Ιoannou.
Since then, the Deste Foundation organizes exhibitions and supports projects and publications internationally.
Since 2009, the building of Slaughterhouses serves as a place of Deste, where every summer the Foundation hosts a number of contemporary art exhibitions.
Every year several people of international and domestic art world visit these exhibitions.