had been working on late Byzantine era frescoes at the Katholikon of the Old Monastery of Taxiarches of Aigialeia, just 15 km ...

The beauty of its churches, which during the Palaeologan Renaissance were covered with magnificent frescoes, the renown of its libraries ... The influence of the art of Mystras during the late and ...

Better known among local residents as the Church of Saint Paraskeva, the church hides a rare depiction of the White Angel—a heavenly guardian with white wings, different from anything known in Serbian ...

The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...