Daphni Monastery
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11th-century Byzantine monastery in Greece
Key facts
- Location
- Greece
- Part of
- Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Criteria
- Cultural: i, iv
- Reference
- 537-002
- Inscription
- 1990 (14th Session )
- Area
- 0.94 ha
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monastery
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Chaidari Municipality
- Official website
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh255.jsp?obj_id=1514
- Image
- Dafni monastery.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Monastery of Daphni
- architectural style
- Macedonian Renaissance
- described at URL
- www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/klastor-daphni
- native label
- Δαφνί
- inception
- 1100-00-00
- culture
- Byzantine Empire
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Encyclopedic overview
A mosaic depicting the Triumphal entry into Jerusalem inside the monastery. Daphni or Dafni (Modern Greek: Δαφνί; Katharevousa: Δαφνίον, Daphnion) is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers (6.8 miles) northwest of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue (GR-8A). It is situated near the forest of the same name, on the Sacred Way that led to Eleusis. The forest covers about 18 km (7 mi), and surrounds a laurel grove. "Daphni" is the modern Greek name that means "laurel grove", derived from Daphneion (Lauretum).
The Daphni Monastery, along with the famous monasteries of Hosios Loukas near Delphi and Nea Moni on the island of Chios, are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their significant historical and architectural value. These monasteries are famed as masterpieces of middle Byzantine architecture, and are especially noted for their sumptuous interior gold-ground mosaics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daphni Monastery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.