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Byzantine Fresco Chapel

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The Byzantine Fresco Chapel was opened in February 1997. Intimate in scale (4,000 square feet), the Chapel displays the only intact Byzantine frescoes of this size and importance in the Western Hemisphere.

These 13th century masterworks were stolen from a chapel in Turkish-occupied town of Lysi, Cyprus, cut into pieces and smuggled off the island. The Menil Foundation rescued and restored the works, which now reside on long-term loan from the Church of Cyprus in an intimate chapel, designed as a quiet place for meditation and contemplation.

Open Wednesday through Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM.

Admission is FREE.

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    Byzantine Fresco Chapel

    4011 Yupon at Branard
    Houston, TX 77006

    Phone: 713-521-3990   |   Official Website

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    Parking at 1515 West Alabama and on the street near the building.

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      01/01/07- 03/04/12

      Visit the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Byzantine Fresco Chapel Visit the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Presented by Menil Collection at Byzantine Fresco Chapel January 1, 2007-March 4, 2012 The Byzantine Fresco Chapel was opened in February 1997. Intimate in scale (4,000 square feet), the Chapel is the repository in the United States for the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the entire western hemisphere. These masterworks from the 13th century -- a dome and an apse -- were ripped and stolen out of a chapel near Lysi in the Turkish occupied section of Cyprus in the 1980's, cut into pieces, and smuggled off the island by thieves prepared to sell them piece by...

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  • Current Events

    01/01/07- 03/04/12

    Visit the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Byzantine Fresco Chapel Visit the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Presented by Menil Collection at Byzantine Fresco Chapel January 1, 2007-March 4, 2012 The Byzantine Fresco Chapel was opened in February 1997. Intimate in scale (4,000 square feet), the Chapel is the repository in the United States for the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the entire western hemisphere. These masterworks from the 13th century -- a dome and an apse -- were ripped and stolen out of a chapel near Lysi in the Turkish occupied section of Cyprus in the 1980's, cut into pieces, and smuggled off the island by thieves prepared to sell them piece by...

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    11/08/09

    HPST Poetry Evening: Palamás, A Dominant Force in Modern Greek Letters Byzantine Fresco Chapel