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Church of Panagia tis Sikelias at Exo Didyma
According to tradition, Nea Moni was founded by the emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055) in order to reward two monks from Chios, who had prophesied to him when he was in exile on Mitilini that his exile would soon come to an end and that he would ascend the throne.
The monastery was built in roughly the middle of the island on the west side of Mount Provateion, where a few years earlier…
Publisher
- Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas
Subject
- Church
- Church building
Type of item
- Temple
- Temple
Publisher
- Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas
Subject
- Church
- Church building
Type of item
- Temple
- Temple
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Creation date
- 1042-12-31
- 1042-12-31
- 1042-12-31
Temporal
- Middle Byzantine Period
Identifier
- http://www.mingei-project.eu/resource/28d191ab-95ba-42f4-9eda-ca246092aa8d
- 28d191ab-95ba-42f4-9eda-ca246092aa8d
- https://www.searchculture.gr/aggregator/edm/mingei/000155-28d191ab-95ba-42f4-9eda-ca246092aa8d
Is part of
- Europeana Crafted
Providing country
- Greece
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2023-02-24T13:35:09.999Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-20T10:16:02.527Z