Greece 2 euro 2016. The Monastery of Arkadi

Greece 2 euro 2016. 150 years arson of the Arkadi monastery.

Arkadi (Greek Ιερά Μονή Αρκαδίου) is a monastery on the island of Crete, located 25 km southeast of Rethymno on the north-western slope of Mount Ida at an altitude of 500 m. The walls of the monastery form a form close to a rectangular and occupy an area of ​​5200 m².

The events of 1866, when 15 thousand Turkish soldiers stormed Arkadi, and the self-sacrifice of the defenders of the monastery, made the monastery in Greece a symbol of the struggle for independence, named "The Holocaust of Arkadi."

Obverse: In the center there is a monastery of Arkadi. On the outer ring are the twelve stars of the European Union

Reverse: The expanded map of the countries of the European Union, the version of the sample 2007, 12 stars (according to the original number of countries in the eurozone) and 6 parallel lines - a symbol of stability. And also the face value of the coin is "2 EURO".

Release date: December 16, 2016