Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus
June 29, 2016
Ian Cook shares a visit to the fascinating Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus!
Ian Cook shares a visit to the fascinating Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus!
Torcello, the most distant of Venice’s islands and once a rival of Venice, has almost no residents, but two splendid ancient churches.
A visit to fabled Topkapi, imperial and administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years
The best-known active mosque in Istanbul, the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, stands next door to Hagia Sophia, which it replaced
Almost every city has something unique or distinctive to show off, and in Ravenna’s case it is the largest and most spectacular collection of Byzantine mosaics you can find. Together, the mosaic sites have given Ravenna, a not-especially-large…
Ravenna is not only a pleasant place to eat and walk–it has an amazing treasure in its Byzantine mosaics, dating from the 5th century AD.
Ian Cook shares a visit to the fascinating Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus!
Torcello, the most distant of Venice’s islands and once a rival of Venice, has almost no residents, but two splendid ancient churches.
A visit to fabled Topkapi, imperial and administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years
The best-known active mosque in Istanbul, the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, stands next door to
Almost every city has something unique or distinctive to show off, and in Ravenna’s case it is the largest and most spectacular collection of Byzantine mosaics you can find. Together, the mosaic sites have given Ravenna, a not-especially-large…
Ravenna is not only a pleasant place to eat and walk–it has an amazing treasure in its Byzantine mosaics, dating from the 5th century AD.