Over 100 have been stripped of their sacred objects and looted of their icons, frescoes and mosaics.

He adorned many other public buildings with large frescoes, including the Physics and Chemistry Buildings, at the University of Oslo and the Oslo City Hall.

By flattering Patanè's silly vanity, it was easy to lure him to my house on the pretext of requesting his expert advice on some crusty old frescoes on the living room ceiling.

They desecrated and damaged this unique spiritual and cultural monument of the Serb people, with frescoes dating back to 1690, just as they desecrated and damaged the Serb Orthodox church in Dubrovnik, in which they set up their quarters on 2 October 1992.