(Church of the Virgin of Consolation)
Commissioned by Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus (1231-1267); finished by his son Nikephoros I, by 1296. The latter traveled in Italy, which fact perhaps explains some of the church's 'Italianate' features.
Arta, Epirus, Greece
(Church on Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia; Despotate of Epirus on Wikipedia)
(Ancient Ambracia/Αμβρακία: Pleiades; attalus .org; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
(Archaeological Museum of Arta: Official site; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
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(Church of the Virgin of Consolation)
Commissioned by Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus (1231-1267); finished by his son Nikephoros I, by 1296. The latter traveled in Italy, which fact perhaps explains some of the church's 'Italianate' features.
Arta, Epirus, Greece
(Church on Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia; Despotate of Epirus on Wikipedia)
(Ancient Ambracia/Αμβρακία: Pleiades; attalus .org; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
(Archaeological Museum of Arta: Official site; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
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(Church of the Virgin of Consolation)
Commissioned by Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus (1231-1267); finished by his son Nikephoros I, by 1296. The latter traveled in Italy, which fact perhaps explains some of the church's 'Italianate' features.
Arta, Epirus, Greece
(Church on Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia; Despotate of Epirus on Wikipedia)
(Ancient Ambracia/Αμβρακία: Pleiades; attalus .org; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
(Archaeological Museum of Arta: Official site; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
Tags: Ελλάδα ASCSA 2012-2013 Trip I Grèce Grecia greco Greece Greek Griechenland Yunanistan Παναγία ἠ Παρηγορήτισσα ASCSA 2012-2013 - Trip I Epirus Epiros Ήπειρος Epeiros Ipiros Ipeiros Épire Epiri Ipirlu Epīrus Epir Ἅπειρος Ἤπειρος Epiro Эпир church chapel Kirche chiesa église ecclesia iglesia ἐκκλησία ναός archaeology archaeological site archeologico αρχαιολογικός τόπος θέση archéologique sito arqueológico sitio zona archeologische Archäologie Medieval medievale
(Church of the Virgin of Consolation)
Commissioned by Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus (1231-1267); finished by his son Nikephoros I, by 1296. The latter traveled in Italy, which fact perhaps explains some of the church's 'Italianate' features.
Arta, Epirus, Greece
(Church on Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia; Despotate of Epirus on Wikipedia)
(Ancient Ambracia/Αμβρακία: Pleiades; attalus .org; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
(Archaeological Museum of Arta: Official site; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
Tags: Ελλάδα ASCSA 2012-2013 Trip I Grèce Grecia greco Greece Greek Griechenland Yunanistan Παναγία ἠ Παρηγορήτισσα ASCSA 2012-2013 - Trip I Epirus Epiros Ήπειρος Epeiros Ipiros Ipeiros Épire Epiri Ipirlu Epīrus Epir Ἅπειρος Ἤπειρος Epiro Эпир church chapel Kirche chiesa église ecclesia iglesia ἐκκλησία ναός archaeology archaeological site archeologico αρχαιολογικός τόπος θέση archéologique sito arqueológico sitio zona archeologische Archäologie Medieval medievale
(Church of the Virgin of Consolation)
Commissioned by Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus (1231-1267); finished by his son Nikephoros I, by 1296. The latter traveled in Italy, which fact perhaps explains some of the church's 'Italianate' features.
Arta, Epirus, Greece
(Church on Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia; Despotate of Epirus on Wikipedia)
(Ancient Ambracia/Αμβρακία: Pleiades; attalus .org; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
(Archaeological Museum of Arta: Official site; Ministry of Culture; Wikipedia)
Tags: Ελλάδα ASCSA 2012-2013 Trip I Grèce Grecia greco Greece Greek Griechenland Yunanistan Παναγία ἠ Παρηγορήτισσα ASCSA 2012-2013 - Trip I Epirus Epiros Ήπειρος Epeiros Ipiros Ipeiros Épire Epiri Ipirlu Epīrus Epir Ἅπειρος Ἤπειρος Epiro Эпир church chapel Kirche chiesa église ecclesia iglesia ἐκκλησία ναός archaeology archaeological site archeologico αρχαιολογικός τόπος θέση archéologique sito arqueológico sitio zona archeologische Archäologie Medieval medievale