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HOLY MOUNTAIN ATHOS

HOME * Thessaloniki and Chalcidika * Holy Mountain Athos * Central Greece * Athens and surroundings * Peloponissos * Italy

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OURANOPOLIS

Monuments

The harbour and the Byzantine Tower of 15th century The Byzantine Tower The resort and the Tower seen from the height of ship in the morning of going to the Holy Mountain Athos The ship for tourists having not permission to visit the Holy Mountain

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  • DOCHIARIU MONASTERY
    History and patrimony
    Image from the first day, when we debarked at Dochiariu Image from the first day, when we debarked at Dochiariu Image from the last day when we saw Dochiariu only from ship The monastery brought closer with the objective

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    | Movie: click to see a movie with Dochiariu monastery (Note: these movies are taken from the ship which was not allowed to accost at the harbours of the Holy Mountain):

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  • XENOPHONTOS MONASTERY
    History and patrimony
    View from monasterys harbour with a ship approaching The yard of the monastery This and the next images are taken after we visited the monastery and were going far of it on the path to the next monasteryGetting far of the monastery on the path to the next oneGetting far from the monastery on the path to the next one
    This and next images are taken in the last day before and after the ship with us acosted at the monastery coming from the end of peninsula Approaching the monastery by the shipApproaching the monastery by the shipApproaching the monastery by the shipApproaching the monastery by the shipThe monastery brought closer with the objectiveGetting far from the monasteryGetting far from the monastery

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  • PANTELEIMON MONASTERY
    History and patrimony
    The monastery when we visited it by foot With the guy from Athens These two images are taken from ship in the last day, before and after acosting These two images are taken from ship in the last day, before and after acosting

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    | Movie: click to see a movie with Panteleimon monastery (Note: these movies are taken from the ship which was not allowed to accost at the harbours of the Holy Mountain):

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  • XIROPOTAMOS MONASTERY
    History and patrimony
    The monastery and its harbour seen from the ship In the light of evening The yard of monastery with the clock showing the Byzantine hour

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  • DAFNI
    Information
    View of the coast from Dafni (with the Xiropotamu monastery in background)

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  • SIMONOPETRAS MONASTERY
    History and patrimony
    The first sight of the monastery The Simonopetras monastery. In the background can be seen the Grigoriu monastery Simonopetras monastery Simonopetras monastery The monastery-s harbour The monastery and its harbour

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    | Movie: click to see a movie with Simonopetras monastery (Note: these movies are taken from the ship which was not allowed to accost at the harbours of the Holy Mountain):

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  • GRIGORIU MONASTERY
    History and patrimony
    The monastery and its bay Raining The yard with the Katholikon (the main church) At the sunset In the morning, few minutes after we left the monastery Leaving Grigoriu. In the background can be seen Simonopetras monastery

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  • DIONOSIU MONASTERY
    History and patrimony
    First sight of the monastery The monastery brought closer with the objective Landscape of the coast Sight from the harbour Sight from the sea level The tower built by a Moldavian prince View from the South Leaving the monastery with the ship The monastery and the peak of Athos in a sunlight effect

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  • THE COAST
    Landscape and monuments
    The harbour of Zographos monastery built by the Moldavian prince Stephen the Great
    The Agios Pavlos monastery and the Peak of Athos The Agios Pavlos monastery and the Peak of Athos The Agios Pavlos monastery brought closer with the objective

    Movie: click to see a movie with Agios Pavlos monastery (Note: these movies are taken from the ship which was not allowed to accost at the harbours of the Holy Mountain):

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    Kapsokalivia hermitage in the end of peninsula The last sight of an Athonite monastery Dochiariu

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