In this book, the Thessaloniki branch of ELLINIKI ETAIRIA – Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage, presents the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments which have received awards from Europa Nostra from 1978 to 2018, for the high quality of their conservation, restoration, and enhancement. It includes 22 Byzantine monuments and ensembles in Greece, the Balkans, the greater Eastern Mediterranean region and Europe, monuments which present affinities in Byzantine art and architecture and are evidence of the diffusion of Byzantine culture across a large geographic area. The content of the posters –texts and photos– is based on Europa Nostra’s archival material, complemented by archival material from ELLINIKI ETAIRIA.
Featured projects and monuments: Monastery of Firogion in Sifnos, Restoration of Dwelling Houses in Monemvassia Old Town, Monastery of Aghia Mone in Nafplio, Holy Monastery of Aghia Irini in Crete, Katholikon of Simonopetra Monastery, Restoration of historic buildings in Kalamata after the 1986 earthquake, Monastery of Panagia tou Sinti, Metochi of Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus, Church of St. Panteleimon in Thessaloniki, Bauska Fortress in Latvia, Restoration and Revitalisation of the Byzantine Castle of Servia in Kozani, the Holy Monasteries of St Pelagia of Kastrosykia and Faneromeni of Lekatsa, Sarica Church in Cappadocia, The Church of the Virgin in Georgia, Wall-Paintings of the Crypt at Saint Andrew’s Church in Germany, the Archaeological Site of Galerius’ Palace in Thessaloniki, Church of St. George in Albania, Church architecture of the 7th century AD in Transcaucasian countries, Dragomirna Monastery frescoes in Romania, Paleochristian mosaics of the Basilica complex, Aquileia, Udine in Italy, Byzantine Church of St. Peter in Mani, Byzantine Church of Hagia Kyriaki in Naxos,and Collaborative Conservation of the Apse Mosaic of the Transfiguration in the Basilica at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai.
