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  • Rhodes. Greece. Christian cross on the 15th century whitewashed church of Agios Panteleimon atop Monolithos a ruined medieval crusader castle. Monolithos is perched atop the enormous crag called Monopetra on the west coast of Rhodes Island. Built by the Knights of St John in 1476, the once impregnable fortress offers great views of the wild island landscape and wild coastline and the castle is easily reached by tourists. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Monolithos_011.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Christian cross on the 15th century whitewashed church of Agios Panteleimon atop Monolithos a ruined medieval crusader castle. Monolithos is perched atop the enormous crag called Monopetra on the west coast of Rhodes Island. Built by the Knights of St John in 1476, the once impregnable fortress offers great views of the wild island landscape and wild coastline and the castle is easily reached by tourists. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Monolithos_012.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Christian cross on the 15th century whitewashed church of Agios Panteleimon atop Monolithos a ruined medieval crusader castle. Monolithos is perched atop the enormous crag called Monopetra on the west coast of Rhodes Island. Built by the Knights of St John in 1476, the once impregnable fortress offers great views of the wild island landscape and wild coastline and the castle is easily reached by tourists. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Monolithos_009.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Christian cross on the 15th century whitewashed church of Agios Panteleimon atop Monolithos a ruined medieval crusader castle. Monolithos is perched atop the enormous crag called Monopetra on the west coast of Rhodes Island. Built by the Knights of St John in 1476, the once impregnable fortress offers great views of the wild island landscape and wild coastline and the castle is easily reached by tourists. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Monolithos_010.tif
  • St George Monastery. Syria. A young girl and an older man light white candles inside the thirteenth century church. The Greek Orthodox monastery was originally founded in the sixth century during the reign of Roman Emperor Justinian. It has two chapels, the modern one dating from 1857 and the older dating from the thirteenth century which is reached from a sunken courtyard. The Monastery is located in the Wadi al Nasara or Valley of the Christians which has been the centre of Greek Orthodox Christianity since the early Christian period. The magnificent crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers can be viewed in the distance from the church.
    Syria_St_George_Monastery_004.tif
  • St George Monastery. Syria. View from the rear towards the front of the faithful inside the inside the thirteenth century church. The Greek Orthodox monastery was originally founded in the sixth century during the reign of Roman Emperor Justinian. It has two chapels, the modern one dating from 1857 and the older dating from the thirteenth century which is reached from a sunken courtyard. The Monastery is located in the Wadi al Nasara or Valley of the Christians which has been the centre of Greek Orthodox Christianity since the early Christian period. The magnificent crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers can be viewed in the distance from the church.
    Syria_St_George_Monastery_003.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Doorway frames the view of the arches surrounding the octagonal courtyard of the Church of Saint Simeon. In the background is the Western Terrace. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century monastery Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD. A masterpiece of Byzantine architecture, the striking honey coloured limestone Cruciform complex comprises of four separate basilica buildings with a central octagonal courtyard with the column of St Simeon in the middle.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_031.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. View of the southern Basilica of the Church of Saint Simeon. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century monastery Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_008.tif
  • Rome. Italy.  View of the circular Temple of Hercules Victor which is the remnant of a second century BC Greek sanctuary in Rome. Consisting of 20 fluted and standing in the Forum Boarium by the River Tiber, it is likely that the designers and builders were Greek as the Temple is made of Pentelic marble which is only found near Athens in Greece. The Temple’s preservation was helped by its conversion into a Christian church in the middle ages.
    Santa_Maria_in_Cosmedin_Rome_Italy_0...tif
  • Rome. Italy.  View of the circular Temple of Hercules Victor which is the remnant of a second century BC Greek sanctuary in Rome. Consisting of 20 fluted and standing in the Forum Boarium by the River Tiber, it is likely that the designers and builders were Greek as the Temple is made of Pentelic marble which is only found near Athens in Greece. The Temple’s preservation was helped by its conversion into a Christian church in the middle ages.
    Santa_Maria_in_Cosmedin_Rome_Italy_0...tif
  • Rome. Italy.  View of the circular Temple of Hercules Victor which is the remnant of a second century BC Greek sanctuary in Rome. Consisting of 20 fluted and standing in the Forum Boarium by the River Tiber, it is likely that the designers and builders were Greek as the Temple is made of Pentelic marble which is only found near Athens in Greece. The Temple’s preservation was helped by its conversion into a Christian church in the middle ages.
    Santa_Maria_in_Cosmedin_Rome_Italy_0...tif
  • Krak des Chevaliers. Syria. View of the east side of Krac des Chevalies, one of the greatest crusader castles. Largely built by the Christian Knights Hospitaller who occupied it around the 12th century, the strategically positioned castle lays on a volcanic crater with a view of Homs gap which gave access to the Mediterranean coast and interior of Syria. The castle eventually fell to the armies of Islam who occupied the building for hundreds of years and strengthened the defences further. Gothic, Romanesque and Arabic architectural elements and legacies are found throughout the well preserved castle which is one of the greatest masterpieces of military architecture found anywhere in the world.
    Syria_Krak_des_Chevaliers_080.tif
  • Rome. Italy.  View of the circular Temple of Hercules Victor which is the remnant of a second century BC Greek sanctuary in Rome. Consisting of 20 fluted and standing in the Forum Boarium by the River Tiber, it is likely that the designers and builders were Greek as the Temple is made of Pentelic marble which is only found near Athens in Greece. The Temple’s preservation was helped by its conversion into a Christian church in the middle ages.
    Santa_Maria_in_Cosmedin_Rome_Italy_0...tif
  • Rome. Italy.  View of the circular Temple of Hercules Victor and the 17th century Fontana dei Tritoni located in the Forum Boarium. The Temple is the remnant of a second century BC Greek sanctuary in Rome. Consisting of 20 fluted and standing in the Forum Boarium by the River Tiber, it is likely that the designers and builders were Greek as the Temple is made of Pentelic marble which is only found near Athens in Greece. The Temple’s preservation was helped by its conversion into a Christian church in the middle ages.
    Santa_Maria_in_Cosmedin_Rome_Italy_0...tif
  • Ancient Agora. Athens. Greece.  View of the Byzantine Christian Church of the Holy Apostles with its decorative brickwork dating from 1000 AD at the Agora. The church has a cross in square arrangement with apses on the four sides and a narthex on its west side. Four columns support the central dome and its floor and altar are made of marble. The few surviving wall paintings in the central aisle are from the 17th century.
    Greece_Athens_Agora_103.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. View of the stub of the once tall column in which St Simeon lived at the Church of Saint Simeon. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_020.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. View of the stub of the once tall column in which St Simeon lived at the Church of Saint Simeon. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_021.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. View of the stub of the once tall column in which St Simeon lived at the Church of Saint Simeon. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_019.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. View of the stub of the once tall column in which St Simeon lived at the Church of Saint Simeon. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_007.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Arches supported by columns surround the octagonal courtyard of the Church of Saint Simeon. In the foreground are architectural fragments of the southern basilica and to the left is the western terrace. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century monastery Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD. A masterpiece of Byzantine architecture, the striking honey coloured limestone Cruciform complex comprises of four separate basilica buildings with a central octagonal courtyard with the column of St Simeon in the middle.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_001.tif
  • Krak des Chevaliers. Syria. View of the valley below and the outer wall defences of the south east side of the crusader castle. Largely built by the Christian Knights Hospitaller who occupied it around the 12th century, the strategically positioned castle lays on a volcanic crater with a view of Homs gap which gave access to the Mediterranean coast and interior of Syria. The castle eventually fell to the armies of Islam who occupied the building for hundreds of years and strengthened the defences further. Gothic, Romanesque and Arabic architectural elements and legacies are found throughout the well preserved castle which is one of the greatest masterpieces of military architecture found anywhere in the world.
    Syria_Krak_des_Chevaliers_071.tif
  • Krak des Chevaliers. Syria. View of the great slope of masonry supporting three towers on the south side the crusader castle. Largely built by the Christian Knights Hospitaller who occupied it around the 12th century, the strategically positioned castle lays on a volcanic crater with a view of Homs gap which gave access to the Mediterranean coast and interior of Syria. The castle eventually fell to the armies of Islam who occupied the building for hundreds of years and strengthened the defences further. Gothic, Romanesque and Arabic architectural elements and legacies are found throughout the well preserved castle which is one of the greatest masterpieces of military architecture found anywhere in the world.
    Syria_Krak_des_Chevaliers_026.tif
  • Ancient Agora. Athens. Greece.  View of the Byzantine Christian Church of the Holy Apostles with its decorative brickwork dating from 1000 AD at the Agora. The church has a cross in square arrangement with apses on the four sides and a narthex on its west side. Four columns support the central dome and its floor and altar are made of marble. The few surviving wall paintings in the central aisle are from the 17th century.
    Greece_Athens_Agora_102.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. The Romanesque triple arched south entry to the monastery Church of Saint Simeon. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century monastery Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_006.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. The Romanesque triple arched south entry to the monastery Church of Saint Simeon. Once a major Christian pilgrimage destination, the fifth century monastery Church of Saint Simeon was built in honour of St. Simeon the Stylite who lived here atop a column for 42 years before dying in 459 AD.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_002.tif
  • Krak des Chevaliers. Syria. View of the round tower flanking the lower range of defences on the southern side of the crusader castle. Largely built by the Christian Knights Hospitaller who occupied it around the 12th century, the strategically positioned castle lays on a volcanic crater with a view of Homs gap which gave access to the Mediterranean coast and interior of Syria.
    Syria_Krak_des_Chevaliers_062.tif
  • Krak des Chevaliers. Syria. View of the great slope of masonry supporting three towers on the south side the crusader castle. Largely built by the Christian Knights Hospitaller who occupied it around the 12th century, the strategically positioned castle lays on a volcanic crater with a view of Homs gap which gave access to the Mediterranean coast and interior of Syria. The castle eventually fell to the armies of Islam who occupied the building for hundreds of years and strengthened the defences further. Gothic, Romanesque and Arabic architectural elements and legacies are found throughout the well preserved castle which is one of the greatest masterpieces of military architecture found anywhere in the world.
    Syria_Krak_des_Chevaliers_025.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Steps lead down to the walk through baptismal font at the Baptistery of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_051.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Steps lead down to the walk through baptismal font at the Baptistery of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_049.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. View of the Baptistery facade topped with an octagonal drum at the complex of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_044.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Partial view of the inner octagonal chamber at the Baptistery of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_054.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Partial view of the inner octagonal chamber at the Baptistery of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_053.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Partial view of the inner octagonal chamber at the Baptistery of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_052.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Close-up view of the tiles on the base of the walk through baptismal font at the Baptistery of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_050.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Ruins of the small basilica which was attached to the Baptistery at the complex of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_048.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Ruins of the small basilica which was attached to the Baptistery at the complex of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_047.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. View of the Baptistery facade topped with an octagonal drum at the complex of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_045.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. Ruins of the small basilica which was attached to the Baptistery at the complex of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_046.tif
  • St Simeon. Syria. View of the Baptistery facade topped with an octagonal drum at the complex of Saint Simeon. The baptistery stands 200 metres south from the church of St Simeon and was used to convert and baptise non-Christian pilgrims so they could be allowed into the church.
    Syria_Saint_Simeon_043.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_006.tif
  • Temple like memorial at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_016.tif
  • Temple like memorial at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_017.tif
  • Agia Fotini Church. Mantineia. Peloponnese. Greece.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_014.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_012.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_003.tif
  • Rome. Vatican.  Italy. Early morning view of Saint Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro) and the shadow granite obelisk from the lantern atop Michelangelo's famous dome of Saint Peters Basilica. In the foreground are some of the 13 statues in travertine that represent Christ the Redeemer, St. John the Baptist and 11 Apostles. In the middle of Saint Peters Square is the granite obelisk which dates from the 13th century BC and was originally erected in Heliopolis, Egypt.
    Vatican_Rome_Italy_014.tif
  • Close view of the façade detail of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_030.tif
  • Close view of the façade detail of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_027.tif
  • Jacob’s Well, an elegant columned fountain at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_025.tif
  • Jacob’s Well, an elegant columned fountain at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_022.tif
  • Jacob’s Well, an elegant columned fountain at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_021.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_007.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_005.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_004.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_001.tif
  • Close view of the façade detail of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_031.tif
  • Close view of the façade detail of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_028.tif
  • Close view of the façade detail of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_029.tif
  • Close view of the façade detail of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_026.tif
  • Jacob’s Well, an elegant columned fountain at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_024.tif
  • Jacob’s Well, an elegant columned fountain at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_023.tif
  • Jacob’s Well, an elegant columned fountain at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_020.tif
  • Jacob’s Well, an elegant columned fountain at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_019.tif
  • Temple like memorial at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_018.tif
  • Temple like memorial at the church of Agia Fotini complex, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a neo-classical monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_015.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_013.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_011.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_010.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_008.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
    Greece_Mantineia_Agia_Fotini_009.tif
  • View of the church of Agia Fotini, Mantineia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.  Constructed by architect, painter and hagiographer Kostas Papatheodorou, the church mergers architectural and spiritual elements of different eras, from classical Greece, to Byzantine and modern Greek Orthodox. The complex includes a Jacobs Well and a monument in honour of the local people.
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  • Rome. Italy. The small apse of the 8th century crypt built by Pope Hadrian that lays beneath the altar  of the Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin (Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin or de Schola Graeca). The church was originally built in the 6th century over the remains of an ancient building. In the 8th century Pope Hadrian transformed the church and consigned it to the Greeks who had fled the persecution in the East Roman Empire and found refuge in the nearby area. The church has been renovated and restored a number of times since that period.
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  • The San Giacomo in Augusta, a Church dedicated to St James the Great. It is located in the Via del Corso near the Piazza del Popolo in Rome Italy.
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  • The San Carlo al Corso (Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso) a Basilica church dedicated to Saints Ambrose and Charles Borromeus of Milan.  It is located on the Via del Corso near the Piazza del Popolo in Rome Italy.
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  • Rome. Italy. View inside the Santa Maria del Popolo of the famous Caravaggio Conversion of St. Paul on the road to Damascus at the Cerasi Chapel. Dedicated to the Virgin, the church was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV in 1472 and replaced an earlier chapel. The façade was updated by Bernini in 1660.  According to legend, the church stands above the tomb of Emperor Nero. The church houses great works of art from the Renaissance period including those of Raphael, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Caravaggio, Pinturicchio, Andrea Bregno, Guillaume de Marcillat and Donato Bramante.
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  • Rome. Vatican.  Italy. The statue of Saint Paul on a pedestal at Saint Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro).  The statue was built in 1938 by Adamo Tadolini. In the background above Saint Peters Basilica are some of statues on the balustrade that represent Christ the Redeemer, St. John the Baptist and 11 Apostles.
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  • Rome. Vatican.  Italy. The left clock on top of the façade of Saint Peters Basilica.
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  • Rome. Vatican.  Italy. Wide sweeping view of Saint Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro) and Rome from the lantern atop Michelangelo's famous dome of Saint Peter Basilica. In the foreground are the 13 statues in travertine that represent Christ the Redeemer, St. John the Baptist and 11 Apostles. In the middle of Saint Peters Square is the granite obelisk which dates from the 13th century BC and was originally erected in Heliopolis, Egypt. It was brought to Rome in 37 BC by the Emperor Caligula.
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  • Rome. Vatican.  Italy. The left fountain at Saint Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro).  This fountain was built by Bernini in 1675 when he redesigned the square. For purposes of symmetry he built this fountain to be identical to the one built by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
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  • Rome. Vatican.  Italy. View of a Swiss Guard at the entrance to the Vatican in Rome. Swiss Guards have been the personal bodyguards of 42 popes for the last 500 years. They number only about 100, and to qualify, one must be Swiss, have completed Swiss military service, be a Catholic between the ages of 19 and 30, and sign up for at least two years
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  • Rome. Italy. Northern view from the Pincio or Pinician Hill of Rome skyline which is dominated church domes and the Basilica of Saint Peters and Vatican.
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  • Rome. Italy. View of the Square of Saint Cecilia Grand entrance and the courtyard of the Santa Cecilia in Trastevere (Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere). Santa Cecilia in Trastevere was built in the 5h century, according to legend over the house of Saint Cecilia and her husband St. Valerian. Cecilia suffered martyrdom under Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161-180). In the 9th century Pope Paschal I completely renovated the building, added the Apse mosaics and had the body of the Saint Cecilia and her husband moved there from the Catacombe di San Callisto.
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  • Rome. Italy. This image was captured at the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Basilica di San di Giovanni in Laterano) located in Southern Rome. The Basilica is dedicated to Jesus Christ and Saints John the Evangelist and John the Baptist. It was commissioned by Constantine the Great in the 4th century and is the oldest Church in Rome.  It has been referred to as “The Mother of all Churches’ by the Catholic Church and is the official ecclesiastical seat of the Pope.
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  • Mystras. Peloponnese. Greece. View within the grounds of the imposing fortress castle built in the 13th century by William de Villehardouin at the deserted Byzantine city of Mystras.
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  • Moni Arkadiou. Crete. Greece.  View of the back of the beautiful golden stone Venetian church inside the impressive Monastery of Arkadiou. Dating from 1587, the church has a highly decorative façade with a mix of styles including Baroque, Renaissance, Gothic and Neoclassical.  The Orthodox Monastery of Arkadiou was originally founded in the 11 century and is set on a plateau in the ida Mountains 23 kilometres southeast of Rethymno. It was the scene of glorious tragic incident event in 1866 during the Cretan resistance against Turkish forces in which a large number of refugees as well as Cretan freedom fighters sacrificed their lives by deciding to blow-up themselves with the powder magazine stores here rather than suffer death at the hands of the Turks. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
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  • Moni Arkadiou. Crete. Greece.  View of the back of the beautiful golden stone Venetian church inside the impressive Monastery of Arkadiou. Dating from 1587, the church has a highly decorative façade with a mix of styles including Baroque, Renaissance, Gothic and Neoclassical.  The Orthodox Monastery of Arkadiou was originally founded in the 11 century and is set on a plateau in the ida Mountains 23 kilometres southeast of Rethymno. It was the scene of glorious tragic incident event in 1866 during the Cretan resistance against Turkish forces in which a large number of refugees as well as Cretan freedom fighters sacrificed their lives by deciding to blow-up themselves with the powder magazine stores here rather than suffer death at the hands of the Turks. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
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  • St George Monastery. Syria. View towards the rear of the thirteenth century church. The Greek Orthodox monastery was originally founded in the sixth century during the reign of Roman Emperor Justinian. It has two chapels, the modern one dating from 1857 and the older dating from the thirteenth century which is reached from a sunken courtyard.
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  • Krak des Chevaliers. Syria. View of an Inner vaulted passageway set-up with souvenir and handicraft stalls at the crusader castle.
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  • Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery. Benghazi. Libya.
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  • Rome. Italy.  View of the ceiling of the San Nicola in Carcere church, richly ornamented in in blue and gold with rosettes and stems and includes the coat of arms of Pope Pius IX. Dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra the Greek patron saint of sailors the church originally dates from the Byzantine period and was rebuilt in 1599. The church has embedded columns in its façade walls and incorporates elements inside from three different Republican era Roman temples which originally stood on the site.
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  • Rome. Italy.  View of the façade of the San Nicola in Carcere church, dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra the Greek patron saint of sailors. Originally dating from the Byzantine period, and rebuilt in 1599, the church has embedded columns in its walls and incorporates elements elsewhere from three different Republican era Roman temples which originally stood on the site.
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  • Chapel of the Crucifix. San Nicola in Carcere Basilica. Rome. Italy.
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  • Rome. Italy.  View of the 17th century Fontana dei Tritoni or Triton Fountain designed by Francesco Bizzaccheri and located in the Forum Boarium
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  • Rome. Italy. View of the interior of the Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin (Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin or de Schola Graeca). The church was originally built in the 6th century over the remains of an ancient building. In the 8th century Pope Hadrian transformed the church and consigned it to the Greeks who had fled the persecution in the East Roman Empire and found refuge in the nearby area. The church has been renovated and restored a number of times since that period.
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  • Rome. Italy. View of the façade of Rome’s oldest church, the Santa Maria in Trastevere (Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere). The Church is dedicated to the virgin and was founded in the 4th century on the site where a miracle spring of oil sprouted the day Christ was born. The current 12th century church has 13th century mosaics, 22 mismatched columns and a Cosmatesque pavement.
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  • Rome. Italy. View of the Altemps Chapel 7th century wooden icon of our lady of Clemency inside Rome’s oldest church, the Santa Maria in Trastevere (Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere). The Church is dedicated to the virgin and was founded in the 4th century on the site where a miracle spring of oil sprouted the day Christ was born. The current 12th century church has 13th century mosaics, 22 mismatched columns and a Cosmatesque pavement.
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  • Rome. Italy. Statue of St Anthony of Padua with prayer notes inside Rome’s oldest church the Santa Maria in Trastevere (Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere). The Church is dedicated to the virgin and was founded in the 4th century on the site where a miracle spring of oil sprouted the day Christ was born. The current 12th century church has 13th century mosaics, 22 mismatched columns and a Cosmatesque pavement.
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  • The Chiesa Della SS Trinita Degli Spagnoli, a 18th century Church located on the Via del Corso. Rome Italy. Also known as Santissima Trinità a Via Condotti or Santissima Trinità degli Spagnoli.
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  • The San Giacomo in Augusta, a Church dedicated to St James the Great. It is located in the Via del Corso near the Piazza del Popolo in Rome Italy.
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  • The San Carlo al Corso (Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso) a Basilica church dedicated to Saints Ambrose and Charles Borromeus of Milan.  It is located on the Via del Corso near the Piazza del Popolo in Rome Italy.
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