A recently completed sculpture of Saint Princess Olga, which will soon be installed in front of the Pskov airport. Not everyone knows that Prince Vladimir's grandmother was actually born exactly in the Pskov region - in the village of Vybuty.
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Serbian Vojvodina is known primarily for its 18th-century Baroque churches, but medieval churches have also been preserved there, such as this small one in the MesiΔ monastery.
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An interesting portal of the RΔducanu monastery church in Romania, built in the XVII century, belongs to the number of Moldavian temples whose architecture started to experience Renaissance and Baroque influences. But, probably because itβs a monastic church, this one is rather conservative.
This conservatism resulted in an interesting doorway, which, while certainly influenced by newer tendencies, still sticks to Gothic origins. Some details, most notably the coat of arms above the entrance, may have been added later, but some Oriental influences, interestingly presented here as well, seem to be contemporary to the creation of the church.
This conservatism resulted in an interesting doorway, which, while certainly influenced by newer tendencies, still sticks to Gothic origins. Some details, most notably the coat of arms above the entrance, may have been added later, but some Oriental influences, interestingly presented here as well, seem to be contemporary to the creation of the church.
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I've talked many times about fortified houses in the Balkans - and while the phrase "fortified house" conjures up medieval images, you know they are much closer to our time. But how close? This traditional fortified mansion in the Bulgarian village of Granitsa, built as early as 1856, may provide the answer.
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The Church of Saint Anthony the New, the patron saint of Veria, in Greek Veria itself, is one of the most impressive churches in the city, not even inferior to the old Byzantine cathedral, it was built in a remarkable mixture of Christian architectural tradition developed during the Ottoman period, Neo-Greek and Neo-Byzantine styles.
Inside the temple, under a neo-Byzantine marble ciborium in a silver sarcophagus rests the relics of Saint Anthony himself.
Inside the temple, under a neo-Byzantine marble ciborium in a silver sarcophagus rests the relics of Saint Anthony himself.
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