Mount Athos: General view of the Karakallou Monastery
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/4572.9411 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Film negative, approximately quarter plate size, an original negative. |
| Dimensions | 11 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Karakallou Monastery Mount Athos |
| Dates | 1911 |
| Donor/Creator |
Hasluck, Dr Frederick William |
| Project | Hasluck in Mount Athos 1911 |
| Scope and Content | Part of a series of images taken by F.W. Hasluck during the course of his visit to Mount Athos in 1911. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Athos: Caracállou, general view". |
| Notes | Date based on Hasluck's visit to Mount Athos to research his book, Mount Athos and its Monasteries (1924). |
| Further information | Early foundations of Karakallou Monastery were thought to be sometime in the 11th century as there is an abbot of Karakallou known from a document of 1087. Another document of the 15th century lists it as an Albanian monastery. However, Karakallou had a second Moldovan foundation in the 16th century when the monastery was re-built. The tower dates to this time and many of the other structures (including the katholikon were restored. A fire in 1874 destroyed the east range and the refectory (trapeza), but by the time Hasluck visited in 1911, it was nearly re-built and monastery prosperous. Hasluck, F.W. 1924. Athos and its Monasteries, London: Kegan Paul (pp. 177-179) |