United Kingdom returns twelve stolen religious icons to Greece
A 19th-century religious icon showing the Baptism of Christ and another 11 icons stolen in 2005 from the Church of the Dormition of the Visokos Virgin in Kalouta, in the central Zagori district of Ioannina, have been returned from the United Kingdom.
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Credit: Greek Ministry of Tourism and Culture |
"The icon of the Baptism was located in June 2017, by an archaeologist working for the Directorate for the Verification and Protection of Cultural Goods, on sale in a London gallery. Following the immediate mobilisation and close cooperation of the services responsible, with the assistance of the embassy of Greece in London, the icon was withdrawn from the list of works for sale," the ministry said.
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Credit: Greek Ministry of Tourism and Culture |
The key to its identification was the back view of the icon shown on the gallery website, which showed that it was part of a church templon or screen, which had been used for two other icons stolen from the same church. One was located in another London gallery and returned in 2011 and another was recovered in Greece.
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Credit: Greek Ministry of Tourism and Culture |
Source: AMNA [August 04, 2020]
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