”Citrus memories” is a museum where documents and historical elements of local citrus fruits are presented. It constitutes a dynamic space for exhibitions in the ground floor of an estate where the visitor can be informed about different topics, like the cultivation of citrus fruits every season of the year, the agricultural tools and the production methods used in Kampos, the varieties and the properties that make tangerines and other citrus fruits as special as them.

 

 

You can also get informed about the society and people who constituted the main factor for the development of the unique myth of Chian tangerines, the Genoese and the merchants who spread the fruits in foreign markets, the farmers, the caretakers and of course the landlords of the Kampos area. There are exhibitions about the export methods elaborated from the beginnings of the 15th century towards Istanbul and Izmir. Τhe unique individual papering of fruits and the export channels that made citrus fruits a luxury product in the European markets until the end of the 20th century.The extended area of Kambos offers unique estates and the high protective walls, the orchards, the wells and its characteristics, which have a unique architectural interest. You can watch the history of the area through a 23-minute film where local farmers describe the evolution and decline of the citrus fruits trade. The Citrus Museum has been established in a unique mansion of 1742.

 

 

Citrus memory scent was created aiming to highlight the history of Kampos and its citrus orchards. In the lowest part of the mansion an exhibition informs about the cultivation of citrus fruits, tools used, production processes and product packaging. Learning about the mansions of Kampos, the orchards, the maganoi and the walls that surround them is possible through paintings and a video. Next to the museum a small cafe and a shop operate. Local flavors made exclusively by Citrus can be sampled and bought.

Address: Kampos

Opening Hours: 10:00-22:00