Refectory, Ardenica Monastery, Fier, Albania

Refectory with 3 apses, built early 14th century, in the Ardenica Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery near Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The frescoes are by an unknown artist of the late Byzantine school, 14th century. The monastery was founded in 1282 by Andronikos II Palaiologos and is dedicated to the Byzantine victory over the Angevins in Berat during the Siege of Berat of 1280ñ81. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Refectory with 3 apses, built early 14th century, in the Ardenica Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery near Apollonia, Fier, Albania. The frescoes are by an unknown artist of the late Byzantine school, 14th century. The monastery was founded in 1282 by Andronikos II Palaiologos and is dedicated to the Byzantine victory over the Angevins in Berat during the Siege of Berat of 1280ñ81. Picture by Manuel Cohen