Osios Loukas Monastery

Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece · Greece

Osios Loukas Monastery, Greece
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Set on a slope of Mount Helicon looking toward a valley of olive groves, this monastery holds some of the finest mosaics and frescoes of the Byzantine golden age. Two linked churches share its walled court.

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