Monastery of St. John the Theologian by junge1
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Description
Whereas Mykonos is known for tourism, resorts, beaches, nightlife and a hub for gay activity, Patmos is known as 'The Jerusalem of the Aegean'. It is known worldwide as a sacred island for it is the place where Saint John, banned from Ephesus to this island by the pagan Roman emperor Dominian, wrote the Book of Revelations in 95 AD, in the Holy Cave of the Apocalypse, where he heard the voice of God talking to him.
Designated as 'Holy Island' by the Greek Parliament in 1981, as well as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, Patmos had been used as a place of exile by the Romans on account of its steep morphology.
In 1088 the monk Christodoulos Latrinos obtained permission from the Byzantine emperor Alexis I Comnenus to build a monastery to commemorate St. John. Pirate raids necessitated sturdy fortifications, and so the monastery looks like a mighty castle.
The monastery consists of buildings from different ages, compromising 10 chapels, 99 cells, as well as a Library of 890 handwritten codes and 13,000 documents about the history of the site (Sources: Lonely Planet, Greece, 1996; Wikipedia; and other sources).
This picture was taken on 2 July 2013,
Sig...
Comments (27)
rbowen
Beautiful capture!
SunriseGirl
What a great piece of history you captured. Thanks for sharing the info and image.
giulband
Wondeful place..I have always dreamed to visit greece! thanks for your shots
blinkings
Interesting info and great photo.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
starship64 Online Now!
Fascinating history, and a great picture too.
jayfar
A splendid picture of this wonderful place Sig.
Cyve
Fantastic place an dvery great architecture... Marvelous capture also !
casmindo
Great picture and as always a great explanation of a famous location!
dakotabluemoon
What a beautiful historic place nice capture.
pat40
Wonderful work
MagikUnicorn
Beautiful place, I see this on TV Magical place
farmerC
Exellent.
illkirch
Interesting
Faemike55
Very impressive view Great capture and cool information Sig!
emmecielle
Fantastic view! Excellent capture! :)
nefertiabet
Very nice capture and info Sig!!!
Rob2753
It's a lovely place when I visited I had shorts on and had to wear a skirt to get in LOL a lovely shot Sig :)
drifterlee
That is really interesting. I would love to see that.
bobrgallegos
A super capture of this beautiful monastery and very informative narrative!!
Crudelitas
An imposing and very impressive building! Fabulous photo!
Minda
wowwwwwwwww so very beautiful view and capture sig..:)
sandra46
MARVELOUS WORK
auntietk
Impressive!! That fortress is such a dominating piece of the scenery, it would be hard to miss. Such interesting history!
flavia49
Fabulous capture
danapommet
Wonderful narrative and information Sig and a spectacular capture of this massive complex!
debbielove
You certainly couldn't miss that place.. Very imposing indeed! Good shot! Rob