the cupola of one of the three churches of the Patriarchate of Pec
Here is another fabulously decorated church of a monastery, the one belonging to the Patriarchate of Pec, near what is called Peje in Albanian. There are in fact three churches, connected by a common narthex. The middle one is the 13th C Church of the Holy Apostles, flanked by 14th C Church of Saint Demetrius and the equally old Church of the Mother of God. I took quite a few photos, cannot remember anymore to which church each belonged. But you can find out for yourself, through the site https://www.blagofund.org/Archives/Pec/. (look for Patriarchate of Pec, and then select a church under ‘collections’, choose pictures of virtual reality: absolutely incredible!)
These are some of my own pictures.
this is an overview of the Holy Apostles church, looking towards the altar and the iconostasis
and some of the scenes, also on the ceiling of the Holy Apostles church
with a detail of the ceiling
also Holy Apostles church, looking in the other direction, towards the narthex
frescoes on the side of the door
more frescoes, not sure which church this is
and same church, towards the ceiling
anotheer collection of frescoes
and this is the Mother of God church (Virgin Hodegetria)
and the cupola of the same, in more detail
further frescoes in one of the churches
this scene being the continuation of the previous one
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