Architecture

14.05.2011

The north wing

The north wing acquired its current form following work in the 17th century. Specifically, its western end was reconstructed...

14.05.2011

The chapels of Saint Minas and Saint Theodore

The adjacent chapels of Agios Minas and Agios Theodoros are located in the southwest wing. They were built, together with the building...

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The high-rise buildings and the wings of the eastern wall

Around the middle of the 17th century, on the inner side of the eastern wall and in correspondence with the two towers...

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The Chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary

The chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is located in the library tower. It belongs to the type of the condensed cruciform inscribed church....

14.05.2011

The southwest wing

Towards the end of the 18th century, around the same time as the chapel of Agia Zoni, the wing was constructed...

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The chapel of Panagia Paramythia

Between the chapel of Agios Dimitrios and the northern cord, on the floor of the northwest corner of the catholicon, a...

14.05.2011

The hospital

The Vatopedi monastery already had a hospital since Byzantine times. Its building was connected to the church of Saints...

14.05.2011

The Chapel of the Sacred Belt

The chapel of the Sacred Belt is the most interesting of the chapels of the Monastery, since it constitutes in its entirety...