Po mitologiji, Toroni je bila žena Proteja, Posejdonovog sina. Tragovi praistorijskog naselja iz III milenijuma pre n.e. i mnogo ostataka antičkih, staro hrišćanskih i vizantijskih hramova, tvrđava i dr. svedoče o tome da je oblast bila stalno naseljena od novog kamenog doba.

Antičku Toroni su osnovali kolonisti sa Halkide u VIII veku pre n.e., U V veku pre n.e. je bila jedan od najznačajnijih gradova na Halkidikiju. Imala je svoj novac i bila je članica Atinskog saveza. Tukidid piše da ju je 423. pre n.e. okupirao spartanski vojskovođa Brasida. Godine 348. pre n.e. grad je uključen u državu Filipa II. Godine 168. pre n.e. zauzeli su ga Rimljani i grad je počeo da gubi na snazi. U periodu Vizantije područje je bilo parohija svetogorskih manastira. Jake zidine i ostale građevine su uništene u XIX veku, kada su Turci koristili granitne blokove, od kojeg su bili izgrađene kako bi njime obložili glavne ulice u Konstantinopolju i Solunu. Po novijim rezultatima arheoloških iskapanja, primećeno je da je prostor stalno naseljen od kraja novog kamenog doba do turske vladavine. Pronađeni su arhitektonski ostaci, ali su vrlo raspršeni, jer su uništeni usled stalnog korišćenja tog prostora. Arheolozi su poseban značaj dali groblju naselja iz gvozdenog doba, za koje se smatra da je trajalo od kraja II veka do sredine IX veka. Na tom je groblju iskopano 134 grobnica, od kojih je 118 sadržavalo rezultate kremiranja, a 16 običnih pokopa. Na svetlost dana je izašlo 500 posuda, koje su bile upotrebljene ili kao urne ili kao posude za nakit i osobne predmet mrtvih.

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

Polygyros Park Heroon  

Postal Code: 631 00, Polygyros,

Tel: 23710 22148

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