Tuesday 15 January 2013

Onufri Fresco Damage


Fresco vandalised in Albania

More on the damage to Onufri (Onoufrios) fresco

From  a poem written in Berat in 1992, on Albania and the icons of Onufri:

The icons of Onufri
Repay the journey to Berat.
A later work, anonymous,
Shows Christ between two minarets.
Unity comes first, it states,
Before the Crescent or the Cross...


(from Corfu Blues, Ars Interpres, 2006)







What is the correct name for the village location of the church with the vandalised fresco?

Thanks to June Samaras for the news alert





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