- The Byzantine Fresco Chapel is a part of the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, near the University of St. Thomas. From February 1997 to February 2012...
- This chapel was built to house frescoes from a Byzantine chapel in Cyprus that were purchased by the deMenil's with the sanction of the Cypriot government.
- The frescoes in the Byzantine Fresco Chapel originate from a small Greek Orthodox chapel just outside the village of Lysi, Cyprus, in what is now the...
- The Byzantine Fresco Chapel, completed and open to the public since 1997, is a consecrated space of peace and contemplation that offers the public...
- Church within a Museum; the glass and wood chapel that housed the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the Western hemisphere.
- 1997 CE. Subject: Chapel. ID: 14006.
- Special Merit Award, Dupont Benedictus Award for Innovation in Architectural Laminated Glass, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, Texas.
- ...to convey spirituality while illuminating the only intact Byzantine frescos in the Western hemisphere; and provide adequate light for the chapel’s varying functions.
- From February 1997 to February 2012, it displayed the only intact Byzantine frescoes of this size and importance in the western hemisphere.
Byzantine Fresco Chapel
Музей в Хьюстоне
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- Дата основания:сентябрь 1997 года