Byzantine religious architecture in Boeotia |
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Church of the Dormition of the Virgin (Skripou Monastery) in Orchomenos |
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Church of “Christ” (Transfiguration of Christ) in Askra |
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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 |
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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 |
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Monastery of Transfiguration (Sagmata Monastery) |
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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 |
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Post-Byzantine churches in Boeotia |
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Post-Byzantine monasteries in Boeotia |
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St. George in Akraiphnion |
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