Folklore Museum of Ampelakia

The Folklore and Historical Museum of Ampelakia is housed in the Mola mansion that was handed over for this purpose. Inside visitors can see items related to the rural life, craftsmanship and industry of Ampelakia.

Georgios Schwartz mansion | Ampelakia

Schwartz’s mansion was the residence of the leader of the “Common Company and Brotherhood of Ambelakia”, a pioneering organization for its time, which housed the offices, the accounting department and the safe of the world’s first capitalist cooperative. According to the surviving inscriptions, the mansion was founded in May 1787 and was completed in 1803. […]

Ampelakia

On the slopes of Ossa above the picturesque Tempi valley, we come to Ampelakia, named after the small vineyards (=ampelia) that grew in the region and were the locals’ primary occupation prior to 1778. That was when the first cooperative was created, known as the Ampelakia group, which virtually paved the way for the birth […]