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Argos
The Town Hall
Railway Station
The Municipal Market
Konstantopoulos Mansion
Trikoupis Mansion
Kapodistrias Public School
Xintaropoulos Building
Kapodistrias Barracks
Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos
Church of Aghios Konstantinos
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)
Panaghia of the Castle
Aghios Petros Cathedral and Central Square
Kefalari and Erasinos River
The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)
The Courthouse Square
The Street Market
The Ancient Theatre
Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A
Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats
The Temple of Aphrodite
The Ancient Agora of Argos
Hypostyle Chamber
The Northern Arcade and the Theatre of the Agora
The War Memorial
The South Arcade and Palaestra
Stadium Track
The Dome and the Nymphaeum of Argos
Monument D
The Agora's Drain
Monument M
Larissa and the Castle
Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times
Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis
The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct
Gordon Residence
Residence of General Dimitris Tsokris
The Diamantopoulos Residence
The Baths A
The Odeon
The Square Nymphaeum
The Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

ΑΡΓΟΣ - The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)

The building known as the ‘Kallergeio’ comprises the oldest department of the Argos Archaeological Museum. This is a neoclassical building from the time of Ioannis Kapodistrias, built in 1830 as the family home of General Dimitris Kallergis. The building is located at one end of a huge garden. It has a water tank, staff quarters, stables and, on the east side, the chapel of Aghios Dimitrios. The house is impressive because of its size and interior decoration. For a while it was used by Kapodistrias as ‘The Palace of Government’. In 1932 the heirs of Dimitris Kallergis donated the building complex to the Municipality of Argos to house the museum, and in 1955 the Municipality donated it to the Greek state. The creation of the museum was undertaken by the French Archaeological School under the supervision of the Archaeological Service. A section of the south-east side of the building was demolished and a new wing was built by Fomin, an architect of Russian descent. The Kallergeio Museum was opened in 1957, and the new wing in 1960, while in 2001 and 2003 work was carried out on the museum’s exhibition space.