By Nicolas Bard

The historical and great Museum of Bouboulina in Spetses was founded in 1991 by Philip Demertzis-Boumboulis, 5th generation descendant of Laskarina Bouboulina, in a last-ditch attempt to save the 1821 heroic mansion of the 1821 heroine. Private law, is primarily aimed at repairing and maintaining the heroine’s mansion in Spetses, its function as a museum and cultural center, as well as the dissemination of the history of Laskarina Bouboulina.

Going there, one can learn the history of the brave captain and admire a rich collection of weapons, old books, porcelain, documents and letters of the heroine, her personal belongings, maps, embroidery, busts, Byzantine images, furniture, and 17th and 17th. It was one of the main reasons for the founding of the Bouboulina Museum. The story of the heroine is printed in 25 different languages, so that all visitors can learn about her and her contribution to the struggle for freedom.

The 300 -year -old imposing mansion of Bouboulina consists of the ground floor and two floors. The museum is housed on the first floor of the building, consisting of four large rooms, the large lounge, the reception room, the dining room and the room with a fireplace. The outer, stone staircase in the courtyard of the house, leads to the museum inside the museum and a tour there lasts about 40 ‘.

In the Great Hall, with the magnificent wood -carved ceiling Florentine style and the Italian -French furniture of the 18th and 19th centuries, many weapons are exhibited from the 21th race and among them is the characteristic pistol of Bouboulina. You will also see the safe of the Agamemnon ship, with its three keys and eight keys, several portraits of the heroine and her offspring, as well as the well -known oil painting depicting the heroine attacking the castles of Nafplio.

The dining room dominates the wooden handmade model of the ship “Agamemnon” and there are rare collections of porcelain, mainly of English and Chinese origin, and post -Byzantine icons, with the most beautiful of St. Nicholas, a picture of Bouboulina itself. The African sword, a gift of Tsar Alexander I, is in a prominent position, while in the library you will see many rare books and the gold -embroidered captain’s scarf.

Since its establishment to date, it has been spent on repairing the building and maintaining exhibits over € 1,500,000, while the Museum has welcomed more than 1,200,000 visitors (of which 400,000 are students) both from Greece and abroad! If you are in Spetses, it is worth a visit to the Captain’s mansion, which left its mark on the struggle for freedom and the cosmopolitan island of Argosaronikos.