Β1 - The Cultural Center of East Mani (CCEM)

Photocopy no. 16, from the book “Archives of Primary and Secondary Education in the Prefecture of Laconia, 1862-2004”. Summary index, Sparta 2008, issued by the Office of State Archives of the Prefecture of Laconia.

The Cultural Center of East Mani (CCEM), housed in the renovated Old Girls’ School in Gytheio, has been structured in order to display interpretatively the touristic and cultural product of East Mani.

The permanent exhibition of the CCEM presents objects donated by local residents, connected to local habits and traditional process methods of the local production. Additionally, CCEM will host temporary exhibitions mainly consist, at the time being, of the donations by Ioannis Maniatakos and Christos Damilakos.

An integral part of the history and cultural identity of Mani, these objects are the starting point for networking the visitors of CCEM with tourist attractions throughout the Municipality of East Mani.