Five rare Byzantine fresco-icons stolen in 1978 return to Greece
Posted by D-Mak in Archaeology, 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 ...
Tags: byzantine, frescoe, Greece, greek antiquities, hagiography, palaiopanagia, switzerland, yppo.gr




















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