GYMNASIO VARTHOLOMIOUΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΙΟΥ

 

LISTEN!!! THE MONUMENTS ARE SPEAKING…

ΕΡΜΗΣ

(HERMES)

The best – known exhibit in the museum of Ancient Olympia

Example of peaceful beauty and harmony

Found in 1877 in the inner side of the temple of Hera

A cluster of two figures

Hermes holding young Dionysus

Detail of garment

Pedestal and intervention on the back

ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΗΛΙΔΑ

(ANCIENT ILIDA)

Built in 4th-c. B.C.

It held 8,000 spectators who were sitting on the ground

Typical parts of a theatre:

a “koilon”= auditorium

6 aislesorchestra

auditorium = soilstage = stone

ΚΑΣΤΡΟ ΧΛΕΜΟΥΤΣΙ

(CHLEMOUTSI CASTLE)

One of the best-preserved fortifications in Greece

Built on the top of Helonata hill

View on the plain of Ileia

and Ionian Sea

Built 1220-1223 by Geoffrey II Vallehardouin

The first coins “tornese”

Outer and inner side

Outer: ruins, a tank & a mosque

Hexagonal inner side

Contemporary museum

Current exhibition: : “The Era of the Knights: the

Crusaders in Moreas”

Performances, festivals, concerts

ΜΟΝΑΣΤΗΡΙ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑΣ ΕΛΕΟΥΣΑΣ

(MONASTERY OF PANAGIA ELEOUSA)

The cave where the icon was found

The tower

The precinct

Most real estate was distributed to immigrants after 1922

The monastery today

ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ

(CHURCH OF PANAGIA KATHOLIKI)

Dedicated to the Assumption

Inscribed cruciform with a dome

Octagonal dome 1-arch, 2-arch and 3-arch windows

murals

Murals destroyed by fire or moisture

A project to restore the murals is currently implemented

the belfry

In 1921, it was declared a historic preserved monument

Thank you!