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l 10048 Five rare Byzantine fresco icons stolen in 1978 return to Greece

Rare Byzantine hagiography frescoe (Photo @ yppo.gr)  Five rare Byzantine hagiography frescoes stolen in 1978 from the Palaiopanagia Church in Steni, Evia, returned to Greece from Basle, Switzerland at dawn Thursday.     The priceless fresco-icons, dating from the 13th and 16th centuries, stolen by Greek antiquities smugglers from the church in August 1978 and illegally sent out ...

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