Conform mitologiei, Toroni era soţia lui Protea, fiu al lui Neptun . Urme ale unor aşezări preistorice din secolul al treilea înainte de Cristos, şi multe alte ruine ale templurilor antice creştine şi bizantine, castele, etc dau mărturie că zona a fost locuită neîntrerupt încă din epoca neolitică.
Toronul antic a fost construit de către coloniştii halkidienii în secolul al optulea înainte de Cristos. În secolul al cincilea î.C. Toroni era una din cele mai importante cetăţi ale Halkidei. Bătea singură monedă şi era membră a alianţei ateniene. Tucidide istoriseşte că în anul 423 î.C. cetatea a căzut sub stăpâniea spartanului Vrasidas. În anul 348 î.C. cetatea a intrat sub domnia lui Filip al doilea. În 168 î.C. a fost cucerită de romani şi cunoaşte o mare decădere. În perioada bizantină regiunea intrase în patrimoniul mânăstirilor Muntelui Sfânt. Zidurile trainice ale acesteia şi alte clădiri ale cetăţii au fost descompuse definitiv în secolul al nouăsprezecelea când turcii au folosit granitul cetăţii pentru a pava drumurile centrale ale Constantinopolului şi Thesalonikului. Conform recentelor descoperiri în urma săpăturilor arheologice s-a constatat că spaţiul a fost locuit neîntrerupt din epoca neolitică până în perioada dominaţiei Imperiului Otoman. Au fost găsite resturi arhitecturale, sunt însă foarte fragmentate întrucât au fost distruse de continua folosire a spaţiului. O importanţă deosebită a fost dată săpăturilor la cimitirul din epoca fierului, care se consideră că a fost întrebuinţat în perioada dintre sfârşitul secolului al doilea şi până la jumătatea secolului al noulea. În acest cimitir au fost dezvelite 134 de morminte, dintre care 118 erau morminte ale persoanleor incinerate iar 16, morminte obişnuite. Au fost scoase la lumină 500 de caste care erau folosite fie ca locuri de mormânt fie ca locuri de închinare în amintirea celor morţi.
Folklore Museum Akti Elias
Nikiti Hotel ATHENA PALLAS
P.C. 63088
ΤEL.: 23750 81410
Folklore Museum N. Triglia
N. Triglia
P.C. 63200
ΤEL.: 23730 51205
Folklore Museum Afytos
Áfitos
P.C. 63077
ΤEL.: 23740 91239
Folklore Museum Arnaia
Arnea
P.C. 63074
ΤEL.: 23720 22323
Folklore Museum Polygyros
Polygyros House Karaganis
P.C. 63100
ΤEL.: 23710 22619
Museum of Craft & Fishing Tools
N. Moudania Area Tzitzifies
P.C. 63200
ΤEL.: 23730 26166
Folklore Museum of Bithynia
N. Moudania District Almira, House Haji Osman Turk
P.C. 63200
ΤEL.: 23730 21368
Museum Petralona
Petralona Mountain Katsika
P.C. 63200
ΤEL.:23730 71671
Polygyros Archaeological Museum
The Museum in Polygyros is home to representative archaeological findings from across Halkidiki, which illustrate the important cultural history of this land from the Prehistoric Era. On display in the Museum’s antechamber are various inscribed and embossed monuments dating from the Classical and Hellenistic era: the inscribed testimonies originate from tombstones, marble or limestone, but also from stone faces where contracts for the sale and purchase of houses and vineyards have been engraved. Worth mentioning is also part of a dedicatory relief from Potidaea dating from the 4th century BC. The picture is completed by characteristic products of the local illustrated and unadorned pottery, as well as foreign – imported from Attica and Korinthos, which are flanked by bronze and silver jewelry. They date to the archaic and classical periods and come from private collections – donations by lovers of antiquity in Polygyros. An incomplete kouros (statue of a young man) from the sea of Olympiada (ancient Stageira) is representative of archaic era sculpture in Halkidiki. The findings from the excavations at Toroni date back to the Bronze Age and the sub-Mycenaean period, but most of them originate from the Protogeometric period. Just two pottery samples belong to the classic era. Pottery and metalworking products (weapons and jewelry) of the late-archaic and classical eras have been found mainly in tombs in various areas in Halkidiki, such as in Kastri, Polygyros, in Afytos and in Neos Marmaras, in Plana and in Pyrgadikia. From the expansive burial grounds of ancient Akanthos in Ierissos originate some distinctive aggregations of burial offerings dating from the Archaic up to the Hellenistic period. The dead were accompanied in their journey to the underworld by earthen vessels, statuettes and personal articles, such as previous jewelry, bronze and golden ones, representative samples of the work of renowned Macedonian goldsmiths. The visitor will have a more thorough view of human activity and its accomplishments in antiquity from the findings of Olynthos, the only city in Halkidiki parts of which have undergone extensive and systematic excavations. A site inhabited already by the later New Stone and Copper Age, like its neighboring settlement of Agios Mamantas, it offers general information regarding the art of these periods, but also and more specifically on the history and art of the archaic and classical Olynthos, the city-state with a multifaceted activity in the spheres of public and private life. Originating from the sanctuary of Zeus Ammon in ancient Afytios, present day Kallithea, and on display at the museum are earthen parts from the temple’s roof, adorned with inscribed and embossed decorations, a marble head of Dionysus and fragments from vessels with surviving inscriptions. The two burial statues dating from the Roman era (1st century BC) originate from a burial monument found in Stratoni. The exhibition is complemented by sketches and photographic material. The private collection donated by Lampropoulos’ family to the Archaeological Museum in Polygyros is exhibited in a special hall of the museum.
Visitors are allowed to take pictures using portable cameras with no flash. With a special permit one can use tripod, flash and shoot video.
Open daily, except Mondays, from 08:30am until 15:00pm.
Operational Unit: 16th Ephorate for Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
Postal Code: 631 00, Polygyros,
Tel: 23710 22148
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