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The Hosios Loukas Monastery in Stiri, central Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was engulfed in raging flames on Wednesday, August 23, as the forest fire that has been burning in Boeotia since Monday spread to the area. .
The Hosios Loukas Monastery in Stiri, central Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was engulfed in raging flames on Wednesday, August 23, as the forest fire that has been burning in Boeotia since Monday spread to the area. .
Firefighters, monks and volunteers put in a superhuman effort to save the historic 10th-century monastery from total destruction. It is one of the most important Byzantine monuments in the world.
The fire consumed the monastic courtyard and one of the oldest buildings in the complex, including its roof.
The monastery and pilgrimage site had already been the subject of an evacuation order on Wednesday.
The Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, and the bishops of Thiva, Livadia and Avlida also went to the scene to help with the extinction work.
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