# Captain Kottas Museum

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Military museum in Macedonia, Greece

Captain Kottas Museum Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα Καπετάν Κώττα External view of Kottas Museum Established 1995 Location Kotas, Macedonia, Greece Coordinates 40°43′15″N 21°10′22″E / 40.72078014846943°N 21.172793888629762°E / 40.72078014846943; 21.172793888629762 Type Military museum

The **Captain Kottas Museum** or **Museum of the Macedonian Struggle of Captain Kottas** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα Καπετάν Κώττα) is located in the village of [Kotas](/source/Kotas%2C_Florina), [Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(Greece)), [Greece](/source/Greece),[1] the birthplace of [Konstantinos Christou](/source/Konstantinos_Christou) (Kottas), one of the earliest Greek figures of the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle).

Museum entrance

## History

The museum is located in the former home and birthplace of [Konstantinos Christou](/source/Konstantinos_Christou) (Kottas). Kottas was originally the leader of an independent armed group acting against the Ottomans and Albanians before becoming a [Komitadji](/source/Komitadji) of the [Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization](/source/Internal_Macedonian_Revolutionary_Organization). He later deserted the IMRO and entered the service of the [Hellenic Macedonian Committee](/source/Hellenic_Macedonian_Committee), fighting the Bulgarians in collaboration with the [metropolitan](/source/Metropolis_of_Kastoria) of [Kastoria](/source/Kastoria) [Germanos Karavangelis](/source/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](/source/Pavlos_Melas), led to the intensification of Greek efforts in the region.[2]

The [Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace](/source/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](/source/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.[3]

## Museum

It is located at a distance of 45 km from [Florina](/source/Florina) off the [National Road](/source/Greek_National_Road_2).[2]

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](/source/Macedonian_Struggle) are exhibited on the first floor, and photographs of [Makedonomachoi](/source/Makedonomachoi) from the [Florina area](/source/Florina_(regional_unit)).[3][4]

## References

### Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Κώτας Φλώρινας"](http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Geo/gr/KotasFlorinas.html). *www.hellenicaworld.com*. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) ["Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα Καπετάν Κώττα"](https://museumfinder.gr/item/moyseio-makedonikoy-agona-kapetan-kotta/). *Museum Finder | Ανακαλύψτε τα Μουσεία της Ελλάδας* (in Greek). Retrieved 2 December 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MoM_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MoM_3-1) Museums of Macedonia

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Το Σπίτι του Καπετάν Κώττα"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211202122635/https://www.ctp.gr/new/index.php/landscape-gr/89-kwttas.html). *www.ctp.gr*. Archived from [the original](https://www.ctp.gr/new/index.php/landscape-gr/89-kwttas.html) on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

### Sources

- *This article incorporates text from the [corresponding article](http://www.museumsofmacedonia.gr/History_And_War/Captain_Kottas_Florina.html) at the*[Museums of Macedonia](http://www.museumsofmacedonia.gr)*website, commissioned by the Macedonian Heritage foundation, written by Vlasis Vlasidis, and [published](http://www.museumsofmacedonia.gr/credits.html) under a [CC-BY-SA-3.0](/source/CC-BY-SA-3.0) license.*

v t e Hellenic Macedonian Committee Macedonian Committee Ion Dragoumis Stefanos Dragoumis Dimitrios Kalapothakis Germanos Karavangelis Pavlos Melas Georgios Pentzikis Makedonomachoi (with nom de guerre) Theodoros Adam Sarantis-Tellos Agapinos (Agras) Michail Anagnostakos (Matapas) Charalambos Boufidis (Fourtounas) Theodoros Boulasikis Ioannis Boubaras Antigonos Choleris Petros Christou Konstantinos Christou (Kottas) Nikolaos Dailakis Panagiotis Danglis (Parmenion) Stergios Daoutis (Perifanos) Nikolaos Davelis Ioannis Demertzis Ioannis Demestichas (Nikiforos) Christos Dogiamas (Itsos) Dimitrios Dogiamas (Bikas) Lazos Dogiamas (Barovitsalis) Konstantinos Dogras Georgios Doitsinis Nikolaos Doumpiotis (Amyntas) Periklis Drakos Ioannis Evaggelopoulos Doukas Gaitatzis (Zervas) Konstantinos Garefis Dimitrios Golnas Nikolaos Gousios Stergios Goutas Pavlos Gyparis Petros Hatzitasis Simos Ioannidis (Armenskiotis) Georgios Kakoulidis (Dragas) Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos (Nidas) Pantelis Kandilas Efthymios Kaoudis (Old Kaoudis) Filippos Kapetanopoulos Georgios Karaiskakis Ioannis Karavitis Georgios Katechakis (Rouvas) Dimitrios Kechagias (Dalipis) Nikolaos Kollias Georgios Kondylis Alexandros Kontoulis (Skourtis) Stavros Kotsopoulos (Banitsiotis) Evangelos Koukoudeas Theodoros Koukoulakis Georgios Koutles Pavlos Kyrou Dimitrios Lalas Georgios Lepidatos (Arkoudas) Traianos Liantzakis (Traikos) Nikolaos Manos Konstantinos Manos (Michailidis) Petros Manos (Vergos) Ioannis Martzios Apostolis Matopoulos Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian (Akritas) Pavlos Melas (Mikis Zezas) Alexandros Merentitis (Doukas) Georgios Modis Evangelos Natsis (Srebreniotis) Pavlos Nikolaidis (Rakovitis) Alexandros Othonaios (Palamidis) Markos Palamidis Pantelis Papaioannou (Nikotsaras) Konstantinos Papastavrou (Mavromatis) Iraklis Patikas Filolaos Pichion (Filotas) Nikolaos Pyrzas (Lakis) Stavros Rigas (Kavodoros) Nikolaos Rokas (Kolios) Michail Sapkas Dimitrios Sarros Georgios Savvas Georgios Seridis (Spanos) Ioannis Simanikas Michael Sionidis Konstantinos Sorros (Kallas) Georgios Soulios Spyros Spyromilios (Bouas) Dimitrios Stagas (Mizas) Athanasios Stavroudis Christos Stogiannidis (Lilis or Iason) Markos Theodoridis Georgios Thomopoulos (Gogos) Georgios Tombras (Roupakias) Ioannis Tsangaridis Lazaros Tsamis Dimitrios Tsapanos Nikolaos Tsipouras Dimitrios Tsitsimis Christos Tsolakopoulos (Rembelos) Georgios Tsontos (Vardas) Lazaros Varzis (Zarkadas) Zisis Verros Ioannis Villioglou (Ramnalis) Stergios Vlachveis Argyrios Vouzas Zisis Vrakas Georgios Yiotas (Gonos) Antonios Zois Consular officials & undercover agents Ion Dragoumis Athanasios Exadaktylos (Antoniou) Lambros Koromilas Spyridon Levidis Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian (Ioannidis) Anastasios Pichion Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (Kalamidis) Museums Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Chromio) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje) Folklore Museum of Giannitsa Pavlos Melas Museum Captain Kottas Museum

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