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Saturday 27 February 2010

"Megali Panagia" Monastery - Scenic Sunday




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MEGALI PANAGIA
The Monastery of Megali Panagia, located 2 kilometers outside the village Koumaradaioi, was built in 1586. It is one of the wealthiest and most beautiful monasteries in Samos. It was founded by the monks Dionysos and Neilos and it is devoted to the apostles Peter and Paul. It is built in line with the Byzantine patterns (it is cross-shaped and has a dome) and it is famed for its wall-paintings and its woodcut icon-screen. From 1821 to 1834 the monastery provided shelter to Lykourgos Logothetis, the archbishop Cyrillos and many others.

13 comments:

  1. Magnifique cette photo du monastère !

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  2. What a lovely setting for a monastery. And, such a long history besides. Very nice.

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  3. A beautiful capture and amazing scenery. It looks so peceful. I can almost hear the bells ringing out for the Angelus.
    Cheers.
    Melbourne Daily Photo

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  4. Beautiful building and setting, and it sounds like it is beautiful inside.

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  5. I can feel the peace and serenity in your picture:)

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  6. It is a beautiful monastery and is a really pretty scene. The red roof really stands out with the green hills. Great shot!

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  7. It is very beautiful. Perhaps some day you can take us inside?

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  8. Πολύ όμορφη φωτογραφία!!! ( θα βοηθούσε μάλλον και ένα geotag για εμάς που δεν ξέρουμε και θέλουμε να έρθουμε!!!)

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  9. Vicky
    Ευχαριστω πολυ για την ιδέα, το εφτιαξα στο Flickr και μπορει να το δει ο καθενας τωρα.
    Καλό βραδτ κα καλο ΣΚ

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  10. Dear Friends, Vicky has the idea to put an geotag on my photos, so everyone will be able to see where the place of the photo on a Samow map is. So please click on each photo and search in Flickr the map. Have a nice weekend.

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  11. That's a fantastic old structure in a very scenic setting. Nice job.

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