2831 x 4256 px | 24 x 36 cm | 9,4 x 14,2 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
30. Juli 2011
Ort:
Moni Arkadiou. Crete. Greece.
Weitere Informationen:
Moni Arkadiou. Crete. Greece. View of the facade of the striking golden stone Venetian church inside the beautiful and impressive Monastery of Arkadiou. Dating from 1587, the church has a highly decorative facade with a mix of styles including Baroque, Renaissance, Gothic and Neoclassical. The Orthodox Monastery of Arkadiou was originally founded in the 11 century and is set on a plateau in the ida Mountains 23 kilometers southeast of Rethymno. It was the scene of glorious tragic incident event in 1866 during the Cretan resistance against Turkish forces in which a large number of refugees as well as Cretan freedom fighters sacrificed their lives by deciding to blow-up themselves with the powder magazine stores here rather than suffer death at the hands of the Turks. Crete is Greece's largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
