Sunday, July 29, 2012

An old church on the mountains. Μια παλιά εκκλησία στην Πίνδο.

I am always fascinated by old churches, built centuries ago, according to our tradition,  by local masons and craftsmen, most of them self-taught, as this one. It is what is remaining from an old monastery, in a small village on Mt Pindos in northern Greece. Unfortunately, I found the church locked so I could not take a few photographs from the inside.
Πάντα μ' αρέσουν οι παλιές εκκλησίες που είναι φτιαγμένες από ντόπιους, αυτοδίδακτους μαστόρους, σύμφωνα με την παράδοσή μας, αιώνες πριν. Η σημερινή, είναι ότι απομένει από ένα παλιό μοναστήρι, ψηλά στην Πίνδο, στο χωριό Σπήλαιο των Γρεβενών. Δυστυχώς, την βρήκα κλειδωμένη και δεν μπόρεσα να τραβήξω φωτογραφίες από το εσωτερικό της.

13 comments:

  1. Φοβερή αρχιτεκτονική!!!
    Καλησπέρα

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  2. Built with work worn hands but great pride I"m sure. Costas, do you have any idea the age of this beautiful old church? I'm sorry you could not get inside. Maybe next trip!
    Bon dimanche,
    V

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  3. Και μένα μ'αρέσουν τέτοιες Φωτογραφίες.
    Αυτή είναι η παράδοσή μας.

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  4. it is beautiful. the arches are neat, too, as is the stone path leading to it.

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  5. Such a lovely old church, Costas, and your captures are wonderful as always! Lovely skies as well!!

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  6. Costas, this is extraordinary! Such a wonderful old church...wish you could have gotten inside!

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  7. Wonderful old church! So many photo opportunities too!!!

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  8. Beautiful to see the exterior workmanship that went into this old church and so many others of its kind. I wonder if the inside would still reveal its beauty as it does look rather abandoned from these photos.

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  9. Very nice photos Costas! I love old buildings like this that are still in use.

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  10. What a beautiful church - would love to know more about it and why the windows appear bricked in! Such a sense of history here. Have a good week F

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  11. I like such places too, they are so full of history and mistery!

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  12. Welcome back!

    I like this old church, the fact that it's made of red bricks. I also imagine that the interior must be beautiful too. At least some paintings resisted the time, I presume.

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