Open hours

• Winter: (November 1st, 2013 - March 31st, 2014) 08:00-15:00, Monday: closed
• Summer: (April 1st, 2013 - October 31st, 2014) 08:00-15:00, Monday: closed

Tickets

• Full fare ticket: €3, Reduced fare ticket: €2
• Flat fare ticket*: Full: €6, Reduced: €3

*Valid for: Archaeological Museum of Kolona, Aegina, Αrchaeological Museum of Poros, Archaeological Site of Aphaea, Archaeological site of Kolona, Pavlos Koundouriotis Mansion, Museum of Spetses, Temple of Aphaea.

The Monastery, located in the center of the island, is the oldest monastery of Aegina. According to local tradition, it was built in the Middle Ages, when the original monastery of the Virgin Mary (in the area Leonti Kypseli) was destroyed by pirates and the monks had to carry the painting of the Virgin in the mountains. The monastery is not visible from the coast of the island. One of the most impressive sights (dating back to 1610) is the tall tower that rises in the center of the monastery and the old wooden carved iconostasis in the katholicon.

The building, located in the central square, was built in the first period of government of I. Kapodistrias. It was designed by architects Stamatis Kleanthis and Eduard Schaubert and its construction began in 1830 with a donation by the Swiss philhellene Eynard, thus the name "Eynardeio". It is the first neoclassical building in the country and one of the first public buildings of the Greek State.