Bouboulina museum, discover a Greek heroin on a Spetses villa holiday by visiting Bouboulina’s mansion which is devoted to her incredible exploits.
Laskarina Bourboulina was a unique and fascinating women and is known by Greeks and followers of Greek history as the only woman admiral in Greek naval history, she is a national heroine of whom the people of the Greek island of Spetses are rightly proud.
Bourboulina’s family was very rich and heavily involved in shipping during the late 17 hundreds when the Greeks and the Turks were at loggerheads. Laskarina Bourbelina became a major force in the Greek uprising, built the largest battle ship of the era and took on the Turks with her own forces. This in a country where women just don’t do that sort of thing!
Visit the Bourboulin museum in Spetses and find out more for yourself. This is a very useful website of the Bouboulina museum which you can look up bouboulinamuseum-spetses.gr/
The pretty island of Spetses is located in the gulf of Argosaronic and as well as a rich history it is a place of beauty and calm. A Spetses villa holiday offers a unique chance to enjoy the best of the Greek islands. To book your Greek villa holiday, view Villas du Monde - Villas Worldwide full villa selection in Greece which includes Spetses. Let our Greek holiday experts assist you with your holiday planning, you can call us on our freephone service or send an email which we will respond to within 24 hours.