Sunday 18 September 2022

GREECE

This cover came from Greece and features 3 different stamps, including the stamp on the right corner celebrating the Monastery of Nea Moni of Chios, one of the monasteries of the World Heritage Site Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios. These three monasteries, although located in different parts of Greece, are representative examples of the middle period of Byzantine religious architecture and they share the same aesthetic characteristics. All three churches share an octagonal plan; Nea Moni has a plain octagon while the two have the central space surrounded with a series of bays. The monasteries were decorated with marble works and mosaics in the 11th and 12th centuries. They are inscribed at UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1990.