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The Daphni Monastery fell into decline after it was sacked by Frankish crusaders in 1205. The region became part of the Duchy of Athens under Othon de la Roche. Othon gave the Daphni Monastery to the Cistercian Abbey of Bellevaux, [4] who added their own cloister and twin pointed arches in the Gothic style to the façade of the church. The ...
Dafni also refers to the Daphni Monastery, located here; Dafni, Boeotia, part of the municipal unit of Dervenochori, Boeotia; Dafni, Corfu, part of the municipal unit of Agios Georgios, Corfu; Dafni, Corinthia, part of the municipality of Nemea, Corinthia; in Elis: Dafni, Amaliada, part of the municipal unit of Amaliada
It appears that the Kapnikarea church may have originally been the katholikon of a monastery. Presently, the building is formed by a complex of three different units attached together; these units were built in succession: a) the largest south church dedicated to the Presentation of Mary to the Temple, b) the chapel of St Barbara on the northern side; and c) the exonarthex with the propylon to ...
Athens is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. Athens is also home to several museums and cultural institutions, such as the National Archeological Museum , featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, the Acropolis Museum , the Museum of Cycladic Art , the ...
Map of the Athonite peninsula. Dafni, view from the sea. Dafni (Greek: Δάφνη) is a small settlement on Mount Athos.It is located on the southern coast of the Athonite peninsula between Xeropotamou Monastery and Simonopetra Monastery.
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The Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos (Greek: Θεοτόκος ἡ Παμμακάριστος, "All-Blessed Mother of God"), is one of the most famous Byzantine church buildings in Istanbul, Turkey, and was the last pre-Ottoman building to house the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Queen Olga at the church of the Holy Trinity, 1891. The church is known by a variety of names: the Russian Church (Ρωσική Εκκλησία), or St. Nikodemos (Greek: Άγιος Νικόδημος), [1] a name of modern origin that is a corruption of its original name Soteira Lykodimou (Σωτείρα Λυκοδήμου, "the [Virgin] Saviouress of Lykodemos"), with "Lykodemos" probably ...