|
Locality
|
Subject
|
Description
|
|
| Aght’amar (TR) |
Church of the Holy Cross |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
|
Detail of the exterior
– Paricolare dell’esterno |
| Aleppo (SYR) |
Madrasa Halawiya |
Interior
– Interno |
| Anì
(ARM) |
Cathedral |
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
| Arta (GR) |
Kato Panagia |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
|
Monastery of Blachernae |
Detail of portal
– Particolare del portale |
|
|
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
|
St. Theodora |
Exterior from the northwest
– Esterno da nord-ovest |
|
Parigoritissa |
Exterior from the northwest
– Esterno da nord-ovest |
|
|
Interior looking up
– Interno verso la cupola |
|
St. Basil |
Exterior
– Esterno |
| Asenovgrad (BG) |
Church of the Virgin |
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
| Athens (GR) |
Panagia Gorgoepekoos |
Exterior from the west
– Esterno da ovest |
|
Kapnikarea |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
Monastery of Kaisariani |
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
| Avan
(ARM) |
Church of the Virgin |
Remains of the portal
– Resti del portale |
|
|
Remains of the apse
– Resti dell’abside |
|
|
Remains of interior
– Resti dell’interno |
| Bethlehem
(JOR) |
Church of the Nativity |
Interior
– Interno |
| Bizye (TR) |
St. Sophia |
Interior looking northeast
– Interno verso nord-est |
|
|
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
| Cernigov (UA) |
Cathedral of the Transfiguration |
Exterior view of apses
– Veduta delle absidi |
|
Pjatnica church |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Chalki (GR) |
Panagia Kamariotissa |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
| Chios (GR) |
Nea Moni |
Exterior of Katholikon
– Esterno del Katholikon |
| Constanta (RO) |
Market building |
Late Roman brick-and-stone construction with brick quoins
– Muratura tardoromana in pietra e mattoni con conci d’angolo in laterizio |
| Constantinople (TR) |
City walls |
Coursed construction of brick and stone
– Costruzione a corsi alterni di mattoni e di pietra |
|
|
Transversal section of the masonry
– Sezione trasversale della muratura |
|
St. Mary Chalkoprateia
|
All-brick construction
– Particolare della muratura in mattoni |
|
St. Mary Pammakaristos |
Cistern. Detail of the barrel vault without armour
– Cisterna. Particolare della volta a botte senza centina |
|
|
Parecclesion, exterior from the southwest
– Parekklesion, esterno da sud-ovest |
|
|
North arm of
perambulatory, ribbed dome
– Braccio nord dell’ambulacro, cupola a nervature |
|
Christ Pantocrator |
Cross-groined vault
– Volta a crociera |
|
|
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
|
South
church, interior, detail of pavement – Chiesa meridionale, particolare del
pavimento |
|
Apse |
Substructure of the martirion of
St. Carpos and Papylos
– Sottostruttura del martirion dei Santi Carpos e Papylos |
|
Karagumruk cistern |
Domical vaults
– Volte a vela |
|
Myrelaion |
Gored dome
– Cupola a spicchi |
|
|
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
|
Hippodrome |
Ending
part
– Parte terminale |
|
Column |
Porphyry column as in 1957
– La colonna di porfido nel 1957 |
|
Arch of Theodosius I |
Remains
– Resti |
|
Column of Theodosius I |
Bas-relief
– Bassorilievo |
|
Column of Marcian |
View
– Veduta |
|
Capital |
Gigantic capital of honorific column
– Capitello gigantesco di colonna onoraria |
|
Wall of Theodosius II |
View
– Veduta |
|
|
View
– Veduta |
|
Golden Gate |
View
– Veduta |
|
Aqueduct of Emperor Valens |
View
– Veduta |
|
St. John of Studius |
Capital of the narthex
– Capitello del nartece |
|
|
Exterior from west
– Esterno da ovest |
|
|
Interior
– Interno |
|
Martyrium of
St. Euphemia |
Bema |
|
St. Polyeuktos |
Pier capital
– Capitello di pilastro |
|
|
Impost capital
– Capitello d’imposta |
|
|
Niche head, now in the Archaeological Museum
– Nicchia marmorea, posta ora nel Museo Archeologico |
|
Sts. Sergius and Bacchus |
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
|
Interior
– Interno |
|
|
Capital
– Capitello |
|
|
Interior of dome
– Interno della cupola |
|
|
Interior of dome
– Interno della cupola |
|
St. Sophia |
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
|
|
West
facade, external marble revetment
– Particolare della facciata occidentale con rivestimento marmoreo |
|
|
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Theodosian porch
– Portico teodosiano |
|
|
Fish-eye view of vaulting
– Le volte |
|
|
View of the vaulting
– Le volte |
|
|
Interior looking southeast
– Interno verso sud-est |
|
|
Interior
– Interno |
|
|
Interior
– Interno |
|
|
Dome
– Cupola |
|
|
Vaults of the apse
– Volte dell’abside |
|
|
Capital of the main order
– Capitello dell’ordine principale |
|
|
Gallery capital
– Capitelli della galleria |
|
|
Interior, north colonnade
– Interno, colonnato settentrionale |
|
|
Narthex looking south
– Il nartece verso sud |
|
Cisterna Binbir Direk |
View
– Veduta |
|
Cisterna Basilica |
View
– Veduta |
|
St. Irene |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
|
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
|
Interior looking west
– Interno verso ovest |
|
Christ Pantepoptes |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
|
|
Interior looking east from gallery
– Interno verso est dalla galleria |
|
Gul Camii |
Apses
– Absidi |
|
Christ of the Chora |
Katholikon, interior looking toward apse
– Interno del Katholikon verso l’abside |
|
|
Katholikon, interior looking west
– Interno del Katholikon verso ovest |
|
|
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
View
– Veduta |
|
|
Interior, outer narthex looking south
– L’esonartece verso sud |
|
|
Parecclesion, apse
– Abside del parekklesion |
|
Monastery of Constantine Lips |
South
church, interior looking southeast
– Chiesa meridionale, interno verso sud-est |
|
|
North
church, exterior
– Esterno della chiesa settentrionale |
|
|
North
church, interior, central apse
– Interno della chiesa settentrionale, abside centrale |
|
|
South
church, exterior from the east
– Chiesa meridionale, esterno da est |
|
|
View of the exterior
– Veduta dell’esterno |
|
|
Interior looking up
– Interno verso l’alto |
|
Kilise Camii |
Exterior from the northwest
– Esterno da nord-ovest |
|
Tekfursarayi |
Exterior from the north
– Esterno da nord |
|
|
Interior looking northeast
– Interno verso nord-est |
| Cozia (RO) |
Monastery church |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Curtea de Arges
(RO) |
Church of the episcopal monastery |
Exterior from the
northeast, before restoration
– Esterno da nord-est prima del restauro |
| Daphni (GR) |
Katholikon |
Interior, view into dome
– Interno, verso la cupola |
|
|
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
| Dara (SYR) |
City walls |
Brick-and-rubble construction
– Muratura di mattoni con riempimento di pietrisco |
|
|
South area
– Settore sud |
|
Stone quarry |
View
– Veduta |
|
|
North area, interior of a tower
– Settore nord, interno di una torre |
|
|
Detail of the north area
– Particolare del settore nord |
|
Cisterns |
View
– Veduta |
| Dealu (RO) |
Monastery church |
Exterior from the north
– Esterno da nord |
| Decani
(RFI) |
Monastery church |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Dereagzi (TR) |
Church |
West facade
– Facciata ovest |
|
|
Interior looking northeast
– Interno verso nord-est |
| Elazig (TR) |
Karamagara Bridge |
View
– Veduta |
| Elegmi (TR) |
St. Abercius |
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
| Elis (GR) |
Monastery of Blachernae |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Enez (TR) |
Fatih Camii |
Outer narthex from the southwest
– L’esonartece da sud-ovest |
| Gebze (TR) |
Capital |
View
– Veduta |
| Gerasa
(JOR) |
Cathedral complex |
Fountain Court, looking southeast
– Cortile della fontana verso sud-est |
|
Churches of
St. George and St. John the Baptist |
Looking south
– Verso sud |
| Gortyna (GR) |
St. Titus |
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
| Gracanica
(RFI) |
Monastery church |
Exterior from the northwest
– Esterno da nord-ovest |
| Hah (TR) |
Church of the Virgin |
Interior looking into dome
– Interno verso la cupola |
|
|
Interior looking north
– Interno verso nord |
| Homor (RO) |
Monastery church |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Hosios Loukas (GR) |
Theotokos church |
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
|
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
Katholikon |
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
|
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Iasi (RO) |
Church of the Three Hierarchs |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Jur’ev-Pol’skij
(RUS) |
St. George |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
|
Detail of the north porch
– Partcolari del portico settentrionale |
|
|
Detail of the north porch
– Partcolari del portico settentrionale |
| Kalabaka (GR) |
Cathedral |
An
ambo built from predominantly Paleo-Christian material – Ambone costruito con materiale in gran parte paleocristiano |
| Kalenic
(RFI) |
Church of the Virgin |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Detail of a mullioned window
– Particolare di una bifora |
| Kastoria (GR) |
St. Stefano |
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
Kumbelidiki |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
|
|
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
|
Anargyroy |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
| Kiev (UA) |
St. Sophia |
Exterior, view of apses
– Esterno, veduta delle absidi |
|
|
Detail of interior
– Particolare dell’interno |
| Krusevac
(RFI) |
Lazarica |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
| Kursumlija (RFI) |
St. Nicholas |
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
| Kutahya (TR) |
Byzantine fortification |
View
– Veduta |
| Madensehir (TR) |
Church no. 1 |
Interior looking northeast
– Interno verso nord-est |
| Maltepe (TR) |
Bryas palace |
Substructures looking northeast
– Sottostrutture verso nord-est |
| Marmasen (ARM) |
Monastery |
View
– Veduta |
| Matejic (RFI) |
Church of the Virgin |
Exterior from the west
– Esterno da ovest |
| Mesembria (BG) |
St. John the Baptist |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
St. John Aleitourgetos |
Exterior from the northeast
– Esterno da nord-est |
| Mistra (GR) |
Citadel |
General view
– Veduta generale |
|
Hagioi Theodoroi |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
Hodegetria |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
|
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
Monastery of Pantanassa |
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
|
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
Palace |
General view
– Veduta generale |
| Monemvasia (GR) |
St. Sophia |
Exterior from the northwest
– Esterno da nord-ovest |
| Moscow (RUS) |
Kremlin, St. Michael’s Cathedral |
Exterior
– Esterno |
| Mount Athos (GR) |
Lavra |
Katholikon, exterior from the northeast
– Katholikon, esterno da nord-est |
|
Karyes |
Protaton, exterior from the southeast
– Protaton, esterno da sud-est |
|
Chilandar monastery |
General view
– Veduta generale |
| Mount Sinai (ET) |
Monastery of St.
Catherine |
Detail of the wooden roof
– Particolare del tetto a travatura lignea |
|
|
Aerial view
– Veduta aerea |
|
|
Interior of the church looking east
– Interno della chiesa verso est |
| Mren (TR) |
Cathedral |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
| Adamclisi (RO) |
Civil basilica |
View
– Veduta |
| Myra (TR) |
St. Nicholas |
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
| Neredica (RUS) |
Church of the Transfiguration |
Exterior
– Esterno |
| Nerezi (MK) |
Monastery of St. Panteleimon |
Exterior from the north
– Esterno da nord |
| Nerl’ River (RUS) |
Church of the Pokrov |
West facade
– Facciata occidentale |
| Nicaea (TR) |
City walls |
Recessed brick construction
– Particolare della muratura a "filari alternatamente nascosti" |
|
|
Late Roman brick-and-rubble construction
– Parte inferiore della muratura tardoromana in mattoni e pietrisco |
|
St. Sophia |
Interior
– Interno |
|
Dormition church |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Interior, south aisle
– Interno, navata sud |
| Novgorod (RUS) |
St. Sophia |
Exterior
– Esterno |
| Ohrid (MK) |
St. Sophia |
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
|
Outer narthex from the west
– L’esonartece da ovest |
|
St. Clement |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
| Parenzo (HR) |
Basilica Eufrasiana |
View of the apse
– Veduta dell’abside |
|
|
Two-zone capital in south arcade of nave
– Capitello a due zone sul lato sud della navata |
| Peristerai (GR) |
St. Andrew |
Exterior from the northeast
– Esterno da nord-est |
| Pherrai (GR) |
Panagia Kosmosoteira |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Preslav (BG) |
Round Church |
Interior looking west
– Interno verso ovest |
| Prizren (RFI) |
Church of the Virgin Ljeviska |
Exterior from the west
– Esterno da ovest |
| Qal’at Saman (SYR) |
Churches |
View of the churches from the northeast
– Veduta delle chiese da nord-est |
|
Octagonal court |
Court showing base of
St. Simeon’s pillar
– Corte con il basamento del pilastro di San Simeone Stilita |
|
Apse of east basilica |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
|
Interior, detail of carving
– Interno, particolare della decorazione a rilievo |
|
Monastic buildings |
View
– Veduta |
|
Baptistery |
View from the west
– Veduta del battistero da ovest |
|
South Basilica |
East wall
– Parete est |
| Qalbloseh (SYR) |
Basilica |
Exterior from the west
– Esterno da ovest |
|
|
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
|
Exterior of the apse
– Esterno dell’abside |
|
|
Interior, south aisle
– Interno, navata sud |
| Qasr ibn-Wardan (SYR) |
Church and palace |
View from the southeast
– Veduta da sud-est |
|
Church |
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
|
Interior looking north
– Interno verso nord |
|
Palace |
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
|
|
Interior looking west
– Interno verso ovest |
| Raqqa (SYR) |
Baghdad gate |
View
– Veduta |
| Ravanica (RFI) |
Church of the Ascension |
Exterior from the north
– Esterno da nord |
| Ravenna ( I ) |
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
Orthodox Baptistery |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
|
Interior
– Interno |
|
S. Apollinare Nuovo |
Interior
– Interno |
|
S. Vitale |
Exterior from the north
– Esterno da nord |
|
|
Exterior from the north
– Esterno da nord |
|
|
Interior toward apse
– Interno verso l’abside |
|
|
Detail of perambulatory
– Particolare dell’ambulacro |
|
|
Capitals
– Capitelli |
|
S. Apollinare in Classe |
Interior
– Interno |
| Resafa (SYR) |
Cistern |
Detail of the barrel vault
– Particolare della volta a botte |
|
Audience Hall of al Mundhir |
Stone domical vault without pendentives
– Volta a vela in pietra senza pennacchi |
|
|
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
City |
View of the city looking northeast
– Veduta generale della città verso nord-est |
|
North Gate |
View
– Veduta |
|
The great cistern |
Detail
– Particolare |
|
Tetraconch |
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
Basilica A |
Interior looking southeast
– Interno verso sud-est |
|
|
Interior of apse
– Interno dell’abside |
| Resava (RFI) |
Monastery |
View from the southwest
– Veduta da sud-ovest |
|
|
View from the southwest
– Veduta da sud-ovest |
| Sangarius River (TR) |
Justinian’s bridge |
East end
– Particolare dell’estremità orientale |
| Selymbria (TR) |
Church of Apokaukos |
Domical vaults
– Volte a vela |
|
St. John Prodromos |
Exterior
– Esterno |
| Sige (TR) |
Church of the Archangels |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
| Skripou (GR) |
Church of the Dormition |
Exterior from the northeast
– Esterno da nord-est |
| Sopocani (RFI) |
Monastery church |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Staro Nagoricino (RFI) |
St. George |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Strumica (MK) |
Veljusa monastery |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
| Studenica (RFI) |
Church of the Virgin |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
| Suceava (RO) |
St. George |
Dome over outer narthex
– Cupola dell’esonartece |
|
|
Exterior from the north
– Esterno da nord |
| Sucevita (RO) |
Monastery |
General view
– Veduta generale |
| Thessalonica (GR) |
Acheiropoietos basilica |
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
|
St. Demetrius |
View of the interior before the fire of 1917
– Veduta dell’interno prima dell’incendio del 1917 |
|
|
View of the interior before the fire of 1917
– Veduta dell’interno prima dell’incendio del 1917 |
|
|
Ciborium in the crypt
– Il Ciborio nella cripta |
|
St. George |
Interior looking north
– Interno verso nord |
|
St. Sophia |
Detail of the interior
– Particolare dell’interno |
|
Panagia ton Chalkeon |
Exterior from the south
– Esterno da sud |
|
Holy Apostles |
Exterior from the west
– Esterno da ovest |
|
|
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
|
St. Catherine |
Exterior from the southwest
– Esterno da sud-ovest |
| Tirgoviste (RO) |
Monastery church |
Exterior
– Esterno |
| Trebizond (TR) |
Ruins of palace |
View
– Veduta |
|
St. Eugenios |
View from the southeast
– Veduta da sud-est |
|
St. Sophia |
South
porch, detail of decoration
– Portico meridionale, particolare della decorazione |
|
|
West porch
– Portico occidentale |
|
|
West
porch, detail of decoration
– Portico occidentale, particolare della decorazione |
| Trier (D) |
Basilica – Audience hall |
Interior toward apse
– Interno verso l’abside |
| Trikkala (GR) |
Porta Panagia |
Exterior from the east
– Esterno da est |
| Trilye (TR) |
Fatih Camii |
Exterior from the northwest
– Esterno da nord-ovest |
|
|
Interior looking northeast
– Interno verso nord-est |
|
St. John of Pelekete |
Interior looking east
– Interno verso est |
| Vagarshapat (ARM) |
St. Ripsime |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
|
Interior, view of dome
– Interno, veduta della cupola |
|
|
Interior, view of dome
– Interno, veduta della cupola |
|
|
Interior, view of dome
– Interno, veduta della cupola |
|
St. Gayiane |
Exterior
– Esterno |
| Venezia ( I ) |
Piazza San Marco |
Pilastri Acritani |
|
San Marco |
Interior
– Interno |
| Vladimir (RUS) |
Cathedral of the Dormition |
Detail of the exterior
– Particolare dell’esterno |
|
St. Demetrius |
Exterior
– Esterno |
|
|
Detail of south facade
– Particolare della facciata meridionale |
| Voronet
(RO) |
Monastery church |
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Exterior from the southeast
– Esterno da sud-est |
|
|
Exterior from the west
– Esterno da ovest |
| Yalova (TR) |
Cruciform secular building |
All-brick construction
– Edificio civile in mattoni a pianta cruciforme |
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Detail
– Particolare |
| Zenobia (SYR) |
Praetorium |
Cross-groined vault
– Volta a crociera |
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Interior
– Interno |
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City |
General view looking south
– Veduta generale della città verso sud |
| Zvartnotz (ARM) |
Church of the Vigilant Powers |
Reconstruction of exterior
– Ricostruzione dell’esterno |
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