{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox museum | name = Pavlos Melas Museum | native_name = Μουσείο Παύλου Μελά | native_name_lang = el | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = ΠΑΥΛΟΣ ΜΕΛΑΣ.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Outside view | map_type = | map_relief = yes | map_size = 250px | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates = {{Coord|40.70383473894858|21.26487001817638|display=inline,title}} | former_name = | established = 1970s<!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | dissolved = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = [[Melas, Kastoria|Melas]], [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], Greece | type = [[Museum#Types|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 '''Pavlos Melas Museum''' is located in the village of [[Melas, Kastoria|Melas]], in the north part of the regional unit of [[Kastoria (regional unit)|Kastoria]], [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Museum of Pavlos Melas|url=https://www.digitalkastoria.gr/en/culture-tourism-events-en/museums-visiting-spaces-en/museums-en/mouseio-tou-paylou-mela-en|access-date=14 August 2021|website=www.digitalkastoria.gr|language=en}}</ref>

==Description== The building belonged to the Kantzakis family, from whom the Prefecture of Kastoria purchased it. The museum was inaugurated in the early 1970s and operates today with the support of the "Friends of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle" and cooperating women's associations. It is a historic monument because [[Pavlos Melas]], the hero of the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia]], was killed in it on 13 October 1904 during a clash with the [[Ottoman army]]. The visitor can also see traditional objects that belonged to the Kantzakis family, as well as weapons from the period of the struggle. Also exhibited are clothing and photographs of fighters from the [[Florina]] and [[Kastoria]] regions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Museums of Macedonia, Greece — Pavlos Melas Museum|url=http://www.museumsofmacedonia.gr/History_And_War/Pavlos_Melas_Kastoria.html|access-date=14 August 2021|website=www.museumsofmacedonia.gr}}</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Pavlos_Melas_Museum_External_View.jpg|External View File:Pavlos_Melas_Museum_Internal_View_1.jpg|Internal View 1 File:Pavlos_Melas_Museum_Internal_View_2.jpg|Internal View 2 File:Uniform_of_Makedonomachos.jpg|Uniform of Makedonomachos </gallery>

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===Sources=== * {{Museums of Macedonia|http://www.museumsofmacedonia.gr/History_And_War/Pavlos_Melas_Kastoria.html}}

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[[Category:Museums in Western Macedonia]] [[Category:Macedonian Struggle]] [[Category:Military and war museums in Greece]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Kastoria (regional unit)]] [[Category:1970s establishments in Greece]]