Church On The Greek Island Of Naxos Wins European Heritage Award

The Byzantine church of Hagia Kyriaki on the Greek island of Naxos recently won the 2018 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards for its unique frescoes that were reconstructed by a Greek and Swiss team.

This restoration meant Greece was one of the outstanding European heritage success stories in the awards’ Conservation category for 2018.

Hagia Kyriaki will be honored at a ceremony in Berlin in June 2018 during the first European Cultural Heritage Summit.

Below is a video showing the details and reconstruction of the church.



For more information about the Europa Nostra Awards and Hagia Kyriaki, please visit: European Heritage Awards

Article source: Greek Reporter