1179 – more images from Charles Martel 1918

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

In Blog 445 and 645 we showed you some paintings and photos from the visit of the Frenchman Charles Martel to the Holy Mountain. Today I can show you three color images, found in the L’Illustration – special Christmas magazine from 1920.

L'ILLUSTRATION SPÉCIAL NOËL 1920 MONT ATHOS Arsanas Iviron
Arsanas Iviron – 1918

L'ILLUSTRATION SPÉCIAL NOEL 1920 MONT ATHOS The Top
The Holy Mountain

L'ILLUSTRATION SPÉCIAL NOËL 1920 MONT ATHOS Simonospetras
Simonospetras

Wim, 28/1

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One Response to 1179 – more images from Charles Martel 1918

  1. Michael says:
    June 4, 2010 at 11:39 am

    not on topic but worth mentioning. The metal roof on top of the protaton has finally been removed after all these years. As you can see from this pic by Yiannis:

    Reply

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