{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox museum | name = Captain Kottas Museum | native_name = Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα Καπετάν Κώττα | native_name_lang = el | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Macedonian_Museums-103-Captain_Kottas_Florina-455.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_upright = | alt = | caption = External view of Kottas Museum | map_type = | map_relief = yes | map_size = 250px | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates = {{Coord|40.72078014846943|N|21.172793888629762|E|region:GR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | former_name = | established = 1995<!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | dissolved = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = [[Kotas, Florina|Kotas]], [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], Greece | type = [[Museum#military_museum|Military museum]] | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = | historian = | owner = | employees = | public_transit = | parking = <!-- or |car_park= --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | network = | embedded = <!-- or |nrhp= --> }}
The '''Captain Kottas Museum''' or '''Museum of the Macedonian Struggle of Captain Kottas''' ({{langx|el|Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα Καπετάν Κώττα}}) is located in the village of [[Kotas, Florina|Kotas]], [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], [[Greece]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Κώτας Φλώρινας|url=http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Geo/gr/KotasFlorinas.html|access-date=2 December 2021|website=www.hellenicaworld.com}}</ref> the birthplace of [[Konstantinos Christou]] (Kottas), one of the earliest Greek figures of the [[Macedonian Struggle]].
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[[File:Macedonian_Museums-103-Captain_Kottas_Florina-456.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Museum entrance]] ==History== The museum is located in the former home and birthplace of [[Konstantinos Christou]] (Kottas). Kottas was originally the leader of an independent armed group acting against the Ottomans and Albanians before becoming a [[Komitadji]] of the [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization]]. He later deserted the IMRO and entered the service of the [[Hellenic Macedonian Committee]], fighting the Bulgarians in collaboration with the [[Metropolis of Kastoria|metropolitan]] of [[Kastoria]] [[Germanos Karavangelis]]. He was eventually captured and hanged by the Ottomans in 1905. His successes in Greek service and subsequent execution gained significant attention and, along with the death of [[Pavlos Melas]], led to the intensification of Greek efforts in the region.<ref name=":0" />
The [[Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace]] made provision for the Kottas family home to be converted into a museum, and it was opened by the then [[President of Greece]] late in 1995. It operates with the help of the "Friends of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle society" and co-operating women's societies.<ref name="MoM" /> ==Museum== It is located at a distance of 45 km from [[Florina]] off the [[Greek National Road 2|National Road]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα Καπετάν Κώττα|url=https://museumfinder.gr/item/moyseio-makedonikoy-agona-kapetan-kotta/|access-date=2 December 2021|website=Museum Finder {{!}} Ανακαλύψτε τα Μουσεία της Ελλάδας|language=el}}</ref>
On the ground floor there is a display of three complete outfits belonging to the Christou family, as well as a few domestic utensils and tools. Two firearms dating from the time of the [[Macedonian Struggle]] are exhibited on the first floor, and photographs of [[Makedonomachoi]] from the [[Florina (regional unit)|Florina area]].<ref name="MoM">Museums of Macedonia</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Το Σπίτι του Καπετάν Κώττα|url=https://www.ctp.gr/new/index.php/landscape-gr/89-kwttas.html|access-date=2 December 2021|website=www.ctp.gr|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202122635/https://www.ctp.gr/new/index.php/landscape-gr/89-kwttas.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{clear|left}}
==References==
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===Sources=== * {{Museums of Macedonia|http://www.museumsofmacedonia.gr/History_And_War/Captain_Kottas_Florina.html}}
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