In addition to its 1,000-year history, the Chora church is best known for its magnificent mosaics and frescoes dating back to the 14th century—including a monumental composition of the Last ...

The Chora monastery is in fact one of the rarest examples of Byzantine art given its mosaics and frescoes, a landmark of humanity’s cultural heritage, as the great Turkish historian ?lber Ortayl? put ...

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The Chora Church, also known as the Kariye Museum, is famous for its exquisite Byzantine mosaics and frescoes. The church’s ...

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Brumidi worked in various mediums, including frescoes. Among the issues facing conservators charged with maintaining the Capitol building frescoes is delamination. Artists apply dry pigments to ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

The small monastery of Panagia Nikous is situated close to Chora. Like several Orthodox churches in Kythnos ... An interesting fact about the monastery is that its interior walls do not present any ...

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It began as a routine check of some cables in the Renaissance Villa Farnesina in Rome... But what electrician Davide Renzoni uncovered when he opened a ceiling trapdoor was nothing short of ...

When the former orphanage was converted into an administrative building in 1911, the basement was transformed into an entrance hall. In 1922, the city of Zurich launched a competition to decorate the ...