Title

Earthquake ruined bell-tower, Monastery of Agrilion, Kefalonia, Greece

Caption

Earthquake ruined bell-tower, Monastery of Agrilion, Kefalonia, Greece. The monastery was founded in the 18th century on the site where, in 1722, two shepherds discovered the icon of Agios Theotokos. A major earthquake devastated Kefalonia in 1953.

Date

1953

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D57_457

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,2Mb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3413 x 5120 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings destruction religious architecture monastery tower religion church color colour devastation damage damaged ruins Greek Christian Christianity Greece disaster earthquake century bell tower catastrophe abandoned concept natural phenomena fifties 1950s 18th century 20th century Eighteenth Century Greek Orthodox Church PETER THOMPSON decade TGN kefalonia photograph Peter Thompson Monastery of Agrilion Thompson Peter PTM photograph