Isova
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Isova is the site of a ruined Frankish monastery near the modern village of Trypiti (formerly Bitzibardi) in the western Peloponnese, Greece. The church of Notre Dame at Isova, built in the first half of the 13th century, is among the best surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the Peloponnese, along with the church of Saint Sophia at Andravida and the monastery of Zaraka at Stymphalia.
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Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Μονή Παναγίας Ίσοβας
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Andritsaina-Krestena Municipality
- Dedicated to
- Our Lady
- Image
- Isova Notre Dame and St Nicolas from NW.jpg
- Religious order
- Cistercians
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- native label
- Αββαείο της Ίσοβας
- mother house
- Royal Abbey of Hautecombe
- time period
- Middle Ages
- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/gh351.jsp?obj_id=24388
- Commons category
- Isova
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Foundation
- Architectural remains
- Notre Dame
- Saint Nicolas
- Notes
- List of references
Isova is the site of a ruined Frankish monastery near the modern village of Trypiti (formerly Bitzibardi) in the western Peloponnese, Greece. The church of Notre Dame at Isova, built in the first half of the 13th century, is among the best surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the Peloponnese, along with the church of Saint Sophia at Andravida and the monastery of Zaraka at Stymphalia.
thumb|right|The ruins of the monastery at Isova in 1993
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isova” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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