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Category Archives: 20 Konstamonitou
1992 – Flora Graeca: Cyclamen, Oleanders, Ferulas and Euphorbia
The pink flowers of the cyclamen like the shadow of the Mount Athos forests. The image above is from the book early 19th century botanical book Flora Graeca. The oleander is often to be found in or around the monasteries. … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 20 Konstamonitou, books, Dafni, nature, Thebais
Tagged botany, Cyclamen, Euphorbia, Ferdinand Bauer, Flora Graeca, Oleander
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1937 – May 2017: the flight over Athos
This year I booked a flight above the peninsula of Athos to take aerial pictures. Because of busy times at work I was not able to sort out all the pictures, that’s why it took some time to share them with … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 02 Vatopedi, 03 Iviron, 04 Chilandariou, 05 Dionysiou, 06 Koutloumousiou, 07 Pantocratoros, 08 Xiropotamou, 09 Sografou, 10 Docheiariou, 11 Karakallou, 12 Filotheou, 13 Simonos Petras, 14 Paulou, 15 Stavronikita, 16 Xenofontos, 17 Grigoriou, 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, 20 Konstamonitou, trip 2017
Tagged aerial view, flight
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1925 – 3 monasteries by Edward Lear
On the 5th of July 2017 Christies will auction 3 drawings by Edward Lear. We have made already a lot of Lear posts on this blog but here are three unpublished images. A very nice impression of the monastery of … Continue reading
Posted in 06 Koutloumousiou, 14 Paulou, 20 Konstamonitou, art
Tagged 1853, 1856, lear
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1834 – Athos film from Dutch pilgrims april 2016
My fellow Athos pilgrim Peter Ariese, who visited Athos in 2011 for the first time together with our group, came back to the Holy Mountain April this year, this time joined by his brother and Albert Hollander, who made this … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, 03 Iviron, 09 Sografou, 20 Konstamonitou, films, Karyes
Tagged dutch pilgrims, Protaton, rain
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1786 – Twenty monasteries in seven days : Day 6, snakes on the path
This is the 6th episode of seven of the Athos trip done by Goulven Le Goff and his brother Ivonig from Rennes, France made in May 2015. They visited all 20 monasteries in one week. Compared to the epic five … Continue reading
Posted in 04 Chilandariou, 09 Sografou, 20 Konstamonitou, 20 monasteries in 7 days
Tagged Le Goff, snake
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1398 – Konstamonitou by Edward Lear
Edward Lear (1812–1888), Monastery of Konstamonitou, 1856. Pen, brown ink and watercolour with bodycolour on buff paper, 29.7 x 45.7 cm© Private Collection, courtesy of Agnews To celebrate the bicentenary of Edward Lear (1812–1888) the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England … Continue reading
1361 – Theophanes the Cretan
The fragment of wall-painting bears the head of an unidentified saint, probably a monk. It is the only section of wall-painting saved from the decoration in the Refectory of the Konstamonitou Monastery on Mount Athos, which burnt down in the … Continue reading
