Nea Moni of Chios
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Nea Moni is an 11th-century Greek Orthodox former monastery complex, now convent and history museum, located on the island of Chios, in the North Aegean region of Greece. The complex is located on the
A view of the complex in 2013
View of the monastery interior
11th-century mosaic of the Arrest of Jesus, in the monastery
The Three Marys mosaic, dated from 1100 CE
Hosios Loukas
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Hosios Loukas is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. Founded in the mid-10th century, the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byza
Nea Moni of Chios
…town. Enscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1990, the monastery complex is renowned for its mosaics, which, together with those at Daphni and Hosios Loukas, are among the finest examples of Macedonian Renaissance art in Greece. The monastery complex was built in the mid-11th century, by Byzantine emperor…
Μονή Οσίου Λουκά 1290
Exterior view
Interior
Virgin with Child mosaic