During my last holiday in Italy I visited several museums. In two of them, the Palazzo Piti, Palatine Gallery, in Florence and the Doge Palace in Venice I found these very fine woodcuts.

Palazzo Pitti – Monte Athos 1580 and 17th century

The cross

Doge Palace Venice

Wood triptych: Dormitio Virginis – 18th century

On a wall in the Doge palace I saw a large map of Europe and with Chalkidiki/Athos.

The names of a few cities from the pre-christian/classical period can be seen.

This map is from Fra Mauro 1450 seen in the Correr museum Venice (I turned the map on purpose 180 degrees).

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