6923 x 4231 px | 58,6 x 35,8 cm | 23,1 x 14,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
18 juillet 2017
Lieu:
Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece.
Informations supplémentaires:
Monemvasia is a town in Laconia, Greece. It is located on a small island off the east coast of the Peloponnese. The island is linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length. The town walls and many Byzantine churches remain from the medieval period. The Church of Agia Sofia stands on the highest point of Monemvasia and gives great view to the Aegean Sea. It is among the oldest and most important Byzantine churches in Greece. It was originally established in 1149 by the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II and it was dedicated to Panagia Hodegetria, which means "the Virgin who leads the way". During the Second Venetian occupation (1960-1715) it was converted into a Catholic Convent, dedicated to Madona del Carmine, with the addition of a two-storey outer-nartex. It functioned again as a mosque in the second Turkish period (1715-1821). After the Greek Independence (1821) it was dedicated to (H)Agia Sophia (the Holy Wisdom of God), because it was considered to be a faithful copy of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul). Time and wars caused serious damage to the church and it was restored in in 1958-59 by Eustathios Stikas.
