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Byzantine religious architecture in Boeotia

      Byzantine religious architecture in Boeotia - to be assigned Βυζαντινή ναοδομία στη Βοιωτία (23/9/2010 v.1)

 

Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (Skripou Monastery) in Orchomenos

      Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (Skripou Monastery) in Orchomenos - to be assigned Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου (Σκριπού) στον Ορχομενό (29/9/2010 v.1)

 

Church of “Christ” (Transfiguration of Christ) in Askra

      Church of “Christ” (Transfiguration of Christ) in Askra (29/9/2010 v.1) Ναός «του Χριστού» (Μεταμορφώσεως) στην Άσκρη (29/9/2010 v.1)

The Church of the Transfiguration or Church of Christ is lying to the northwest of modern village Askri or Panagia, a few meters off the northeast limits of the officially declared archaeological area of the Valley of the Muses. The dating goes back to the Middle Byzantine times and belongs to the transitional cross-in-square domed church. The monument, for which no historical evidence survives, was restored under the supervision of the competent authorities of the Ministry of Culture in the...

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Early Christian architecture in Boeotia

      Early Christian architecture in Boeotia (23/9/2010 v.1) Παλαιοχριστιανική αρχιτεκτονική στη Βοιωτία (23/9/2010 v.1)

Τhe baths of Antikyra, Livadia and Thebes, and the fortifications mainly of Plataies are some of the public, secular buildings of the period under study. As far as religious buildings are concerned, we find basilicas, mostly built οn the sites of ancient sanctuaries. Houses excavated at Thebes and Antikyra belong to the category of private buildings, while in Distomo an agricultural and crafting site/workshop has been unearthed.

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Monastery of Hosios Loukas

      Monastery of Hosios Loukas - to be assigned Μονή Οσίου Λουκά (29/9/2010 v.1)

 

Monastery of Transfiguration (Sagmata Monastery)

      Monastery of Transfiguration (Sagmata Monastery) (29/9/2010 v.1) Μονή Μεταμορφώσεως Σαγματά (29/9/2010 v.1)

The monastery of the Transfiguration of Christ or Sagmata monastery is built on Mount Sagmatio, northeast of the village Hypato (Syrtzi). It was founded during the 12th century and its donor was Hosios Clemens, who is considered one of the reformers of monastic life. The monastery katholikon, dedicated to the Transfiguration of Christ, belongs to the architectural type of the transitional domed four-columned cross-in-square church and a four-columned lite.

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Monastery of Zoodochos Pege at Dervenosalesi

      Monastery of Zoodochos Pege at Dervenosalesi - to be assigned Μονή Ζωοδόχου Πηγής στο Δερβενοσάλεσι - to be assigned

 

Post-Byzantine churches in Boeotia

      Post-Byzantine churches in Boeotia  - to be assigned Μεταβυζαντινές εκκλησίες στη Βοιωτία - has not been published yet

 

Post-Byzantine monasteries in Boeotia

      Post-Byzantine monasteries in Boeotia  - to be assigned Μεταβυζαντινά μοναστήρια στη Βοιωτία (29/9/2010 v.1)

 

St. George in Akraiphnion

      St. George in Akraiphnion - to be assigned Άγιος Γεώργιος στο Ακραίφνιο (30/9/2010 v.1)

 
 

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