The Public Central Library Typaldou-Iakovatou Museum of Lixouri, known as Iakovateios Library, is housed in the Typaldou-Iakovatou family’s two-storey mansion, which was built in 1866 and renovated in 1984,but was seriously hit by the earthquakes in 2014. It is a characteristic sample of neo-classical architecture of the mid-19th century, while the surrounding area, an inseparable part, contributes to the building’s projection. The ceilings of the interior are decorated with drawings worthy of admiration. The Ministry of Civilization declared it a work of art in 1968. The ground floor of the building houses Lixouri’s Public Central Library, which consists of approximately 30,000 volumes of books and magazines that have been published from the 16th century to the present, many of which are rare and difficult to find and cover a wide range of topics, both scientific and entertaining. The Library’ s collection is constantly enriched with modern material. A Museum operates on the first floor where heirlooms of the Typaldou-Iakovatou family are displayed and archives with very interesting material of the same family are preserved.
