UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Municipality, Boeotia, Central Greece, Greece |
Part of | Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios |
Criteria | Cultural: (i)(iv) |
Reference | 537-001 |
Inscription | 1990 (14th Session) |
Area | 1.43 ha (3.5 acres) |
Buffer zone | 5,443.31 ha (13,450.7 acres) |
Coordinates | 38°23′43.3″N 22°44′48.6″E / 38.395361°N 22.746833°E |
Hosios Loukas (Greek: Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς) is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. Founded in the mid-10th century, the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 1990, along with the monasteries of Nea Moni and Daphnion.[1]