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Hosios Loukas

Rank:

UNESCO

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Greece

Best of: Architecture, Byzantine, Christianity, Monastery

Description:

The church is built on a cross-in-square plan with a large dome supported by squinches defining an octagonal space. In the 11th and 12th centuries it was decorated with superb marble works as well as mosaics on a gold background, all characteristic of the 'second golden age of Byzantine art'. [More Details]

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