AQUARIUM THEMES
The Aquarium offers a unique underwater journey to the natural and cultural treasures in the Kefallinia island coastal zone.
The natural heritage in the Aquarium is exhibited in five tanks displaying the two most important benthic habitats in the Mediterranean Sea, that is, the Posidonia oceanica and the Coralligene assemblages with the associated rich Ionian Sea fauna such as sponges, starfish, crabs, lobsters, octopus, scorpion fish etc. A photo and video gallery add to the wonderful sea life.
The Aquarium offers a unique underwater journey to the natural and cultural treasures in the Kefallinia island coastal zone.
The natural heritage in the Aquarium is exhibited in five tanks displaying the two most important benthic habitats in the Mediterranean Sea, that is, the Posidonia oceanica and the Coralligene assemblages with the associated rich Ionian Sea fauna such as sponges, starfish, crabs, lobsters, octopus, scorpion fish etc. A photo and video gallery add to the wonderful sea life.
The cultural heritage is exhibited by a photo-gallery, three ‘dioramas’ and three documentaries.
The dioramas display scale model replicas of the three best preserved ancient and historic wrecks.
The Fiscardo Roman wreck dating between 1st cent B.C. and 2nd cent. A.D., which is one of the largest and best preserved in the Mediterranean Sea.
The dioramas display scale model replicas of the three best preserved ancient and historic wrecks.
The Fiscardo Roman wreck dating between 1st cent B.C. and 2nd cent. A.D., which is one of the largest and best preserved in the Mediterranean Sea.
The HMS Perseus shipwreck, a British submarine, which is known for being the second deepest submarine escape from any sunken submarines in WW II and
A wooden wreck, which is probably the Italian ship 'Alma', which was requisitioned by the German army and used for transporting supplies and ammunition.
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The documentaries present: (a) the complete story from launching to sinking of the (i) HMS PERSEUS British submarine and (ii) the SS Ardena, which is associated with the Italian Aqui Division killed by the German forces in Kefallinia and made known from the book and film “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” and (b) the story of the Neanderthals, the ‘first seafarers in the world’, who started crossing the straits separating the Greek mainland from the Kefallinia and Zakynthos islands sometime between 115 and 35 thousand years ago.
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