Marble panel (10th-11th century). It comes from Petrakis Monastery in Athens. Height: 88 cm, width: 84 cm, thickness: 9 cm.
Marble panel (10th-11th century). It comes from Petrakis Monastery in Athens. Height: 88 cm, width: 84 cm, thickness: 9 cm.
Marble lintel with relief decoration. It comes from Petrakis Monastery in Athens, early 11th century. Dimensions: height: 34, length: 171,5, thickness: 19,5 cm
Two corner fragments of a marble epistyle. They come from Petrakis Monastery in Athens and they are dated to the fifth century A.D. Height: 40, length: 58, thickness: 45cm.
Petrakis Monastery, view from N-W (Photograph by Ch. Kontogeorgopoulou)

Asomatoi, Hagioi, (Petraki), Kolonaki-Athens

Area: Athens, Kolonaki Sq.
Type: Cross-in-Square
Date: 10th century

Description:

The church is situated close to the hospital “Evangelismos”. Nowadays, it is surrounded by a Monastery where the offices of the Synod of the Church of Greece are housed. It is one of the oldest surviving churches in Athens dated to the end of the 10th century. It is dedicated to Hagioi Taxiarches. The name Petraki derives from the doctor and philosopher Peter Papastamatis, who renovated it in the 17th century. It is a complex, four-columned, cross-in-square church with many architectural traits that attest its age. The wall paintings are more recent (18th century) and have been attributed to George Markos.

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