File:Μονή_Οσίου_Λουκά_1290.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Hosios Loukas
Sign in to savemonastery in Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Municipality, Greece
Key facts
- Location
- Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Municipality , Boeotia , Central Greece , Greece
- Part of
- Monasteries of Daphni , Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Criteria
- Cultural: (i)(iv)
- Reference
- 537-001
- Inscription
- 1990 (14th Session )
- Area
- 1.43 ha (3.5 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 5,443.31 ha (13,450.7 acres)
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Μονή Οσίου Λουκά στο Στειρι
odysseus.culture.gr →Link to a page describing this subject · 8,677 chars · not written by Vinony
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Hosios Loukas (Greek: Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς) is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. Founded in the mid-10th century, the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 1990, along with the monasteries of Nea Moni and Daphnion.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hosios Loukas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.