Mt. Athos - Simonopetro Convent – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Mt. Athos - Simonopetro Convent
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Simonopetra clings to a sheer rock more than 300 meters above the Aegean Sea on Mount Athos, the monastic peninsula in northern Greece, and that dramatic perch makes it one of the most recognizable sites on the Holy Mountain. Founded in the medieval period, the Greek Orthodox monastery was long reached by a net or basket hauled up the cliff face, a method that reflected how isolated its community remained. This glass negative comes from the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency whose photographs of distant places and events circulated widely in American newspapers in the early twentieth century. The title is unverified in the record, so the exact view and date should be checked before relying on them.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,742 × 4,173 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12348 |
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