European Renaissance (Erasmus Project)

Ancient Theater of Dodoni

272 BCE

The Ancient Theater of Dodoni is located 22 km from the city of Ioannina. It is estimated that it was built in the 3rd century BC, during the reign of Pyrrhus in Epirus. It is one of the largest ancient theaters in Greece. The ancient theater was an integral part of the sanctuary of Ancient Dodoni, which was a center of worship of the god Zeus and the oldest oracle in Greece from 2,600 BC.

Hofburg Vienna

1300

The Hofburg in Vienna was the residence of the Habsburgs from the 13th century to 1918. Since the end of 1946, it has been the official seat of the Austrian Federal President. A big part of the Austrian National Library as well as various museums are located in the Hofburg. The Hofburg is huge! With about 500 hectares, the Vienna Hofburg is on of the largest palace complexes in the world.

Giotto di Bondone

1300

Simone Martini

1324

Simeon Uroš Paleolog

1340

Simeon Uroš (1326–1370), nicknamed Siniša, was a self-proclaimed Emperor of Serbs and Greeks, from 1356 to 1370. He was son of Serbian King Stefan Dečanski and Byzantine Princess Maria Palaiologina. He proclaimed himself Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks, creating a separate state, centered in regions of Thessaly and Epirus, where he ruled until his death in 1370. He was succeeded by his son Jovan Uroš.

Maria Aggelina Palaiologina

1365

Maria was the daughter of the Serbian Emperor of Thessaly, Simeon Uroš. In 1361, Maria, then only 12 years old, married Thomas Preljubović, who was appointed the governor of Epirus in Ioannina by her father in 1366. She was allegedly mistreated by her husband who was murdered on 23 December 1384. In 1385 she married Esau de' Buondelmonti, who was captured by Thomas in 1379.Maria died in1394. She was 55.Maria does not appear to have had surviving children from either marriage.

Thomas Preljubović

1366

Thomas Preljubović was ruler of the Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina from 1366 to his death on December 23, 1384. Toma is remembered for presenting several outstanding icons to the monastery of the Transfiguration at Meteora and in Cuena, in Spain. He was married to Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina.

John Ouresis Doukas Palaiologos or Joasaph of Meteora (Ioasaf)

1370

Jovan Uroš Nemanjić or John Ouresis Doukas Palaiologos or Joasaph of Meteora. John Uroš was the son of Emperor Simeon and was the ruler of Thessaly from c. 1370 to c. 1373. He joined the monastic community founded by his father at Meteora, where he is documented under his monastic name Joasaph in 1381. In 1384–1385 he helped his sister Maria govern Epirus after the murder of her husband Thomas II Preljubović. He died in 1422 or 1423.

Esau de' Buondelmonti

1385

Esau de' Buondelmonti was the ruler of Ioannina and its surrounding area from 1385 until his death in 1411, with the Byzantine title of Despot. Esau had come to Greece to seek success, but in 1379 he had been captured in battle against Thomas Preljubović of Epirus. After he spent several years of captivity, Esau succeeded his captor by marrying Thomas Preljubović widow, Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina in February 1385. Esau reversed the unpopular policies of the tyrannical Thomas

Leonardo da Vinci

1452

LEONARDO DA VINCI was a famous italian painter, but also an engineer, architect, inventor and student of all things scientific. Today he remains best known for two of his paintings: „Mona Lisa“ and „The Last Supper“. He was born in Anchiano, Tuscany (now Italy), in 1452 and died in 1519. He educated himself and filled dozens of secret notebooks with inventions, observations and theories about lot of things (e.g. about pursuits from aeronautics to human anatomy).

Maximilian I

1493

Maximilian I. was born in "Wiener Neustadt" and died at the castle of Wels. He was decended from the family of the habsburgs. 1477 he married Maria von Burgund and became duke of Burgund. One year later he became knight. With his wife he got three children. Maximilian contested several compaigns and was several times on the brink of defeat. January 12, 1519 he died at the castle of Wels. Today he is still known as the last knight.

Mona Lisa

1503

Mona Lisa is a world-famous oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci from the height of the Italian Renaissance at the beginning of the 16th century. It is painted on the area of only 77 cm × 53 cm (about 0.4 m²) on thin poplar wood. The original painting has been on display in the Musée du Louvre, the central Parisian art museum, since the end of the 18th century, and is considered one of its most famous exhibits, in part because it was stolen from 1911 to 1913.

The Creation of Adam

1508

"The Creation of Adam" is a painting made in 1508 to 1512 by the Italian Artist Michelangelo. It illustrates god creating Adam from the Bible. Adam being the first man ever created. It is the most replicated religious painting ever made.
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The school of Athens

1510

The School of Athens is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. The fresco was painted between 1509 and 1511 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It depicts a congregation of philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists from Ancient Greece, including Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes, and Heraclitus.

Holy Monastery of Saint Nikolaos of Philanthropines

1531

The Holy Monastery of Agios Nikolaos of Philanthropines is located in the settlement of Nisios, the lake of Ioannina. The frescoes that adorn the catholicon of the monastery depict the seven sages of the Greeks and the Philanthropines. Many inscriptions on the frescoes are representations of the sleeping Philanthropines in the narthex and others are intercessions and pleas of Saint Nicholas and the Virgin Mary to Christ in favor of Joasaph the Philanthropine and monks.

Stadtturm Enns

1564

The Ennser Stadtturm is the 60 meter high landmark of the city of Enns in the district of Linz-Land in Upper Austria, built from 1564 to 1568 under Emperor Maximilian II at the request of the population as a bell, watch and clock tower. Today the first floor of the Ennser Stadtturm is used as a clubhouse by the “Cultural and Medieval Associaton". Enns itself is around 40 km away from Wels, so it's easy to visit because it only takes between half an hour and forty-five minutes to get there.