Monastery
Dionysiou Monastery: built on a cliff, and the only monastery on Mount Athos never to have burned since 1535
Sul versante sud-occidentale della penisola del Monte Athos, in Grecia, il monastero di Dionysiou fu fondato da san…
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Greece
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Monastery
Docheiariou Monastery: home to the icon that punished a careless monk and then healed him
Sulla costa sud-occidentale della penisola del Monte Athos, in Grecia, il monastero di Docheiariou fu fondato tra la…
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Epidaurus
Stand at the centre of the orchestra — the circular stone floor of the Theatre of Epidaurus, 20…
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Epidaurus
Epidaurus preserves the best-known theatre of the ancient Greek world, famed for acoustics that carry a whisper to…
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Erechtheion
An asymmetrical Ionic temple on the Acropolis dedicated to Athena, the Erechtheion defies classical architectural canon and remains…
Monastery
Esphigmenou Monastery: “squeezed” between hills and sea, and in schism with the rest of Mount Athos since 1972
Il monastero di Esphigmenou, il più settentrionale tra quelli del Monte Athos, sorge direttamente sulla costa, letteralmente "stretto"…
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Fira — Capital of Santorini
Fira is Santorini's capital, perched at 400 metres on the caldera's western rim. The Archaeological Museum, the Museum…
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Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace
A 1906 Art Nouveau villa housing 15,000 folk objects—textiles, costumes, instruments—documenting traditional life in Macedonia and Thrace, opened…
For Your Eyes Only — The Monastery Finale at Meteora
John Glen chose the Holy Trinity Monastery — perched on a 400-metre sandstone pillar above Kalambaka — as…
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