Architecture of the Byzantine world
04.05.202512:44
In the former Christian village of Kirkintzes, which emerged nearby the ruins of Ephesus after the ancient capital of Asia Minor was completely abandoned in the late Middle Ages.
02.05.202516:05
A heraldic motif in the decor of Mystra's Peribleptos monastery. In the final centuries of the Roman state, the amount of interactions with Franks made a substantial impact on Byzantine culture - making western elements a usual part in many purely Byzantine buildings.
30.04.202516:55
Beautiful frescoes of the Dormition church in Balobanovo, Russia.
26.04.202517:25
Constantine the Great statue fragment, found in his native city of Naissus, modern-day Niš in Serbia.
23.04.202513:06
Beauty of the XVII-century Pskov, Russia.
20.04.202510:13
Let's start today's festive selection with a view inside the rotunda of the Resurrection Catholicon of the New Jerusalem Monastery.
The gigantic project of Russian architecture, recreating in Baroque and Mannerist forms the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and other Holy Land sites, was revived itself twice - the first time after the dome collapsed in the XVIII century, and the second time after the German blow-up and Soviet devastation.
The gigantic project of Russian architecture, recreating in Baroque and Mannerist forms the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and other Holy Land sites, was revived itself twice - the first time after the dome collapsed in the XVIII century, and the second time after the German blow-up and Soviet devastation.
03.05.202509:02
Renaissance window of the famed Ascension church in the former royal estate of Kolomenskoye, Russia.
02.05.202513:24
The freshly restored chambers in the city of Venev, Russia - oldest parts of this now-baroque building, which used to serve as a shop and a local townhall, were constructed in the XVII century. Reconstruction of the building was finished in 2024.
30.04.202513:11
Culas, the Wallachian version of the pan-Balkan fortified towerhouse phenomenon, are usually rather closed and secluded - as one expects a fortified building to be.
However, the Cartianu Tower, located in the village of Cartiu, stands out from this trend - as it is surrounded with stone and wooden arcades, which open up its space to the surroundings.
However, the Cartianu Tower, located in the village of Cartiu, stands out from this trend - as it is surrounded with stone and wooden arcades, which open up its space to the surroundings.
25.04.202517:05
The dome of the Timotesubani Monastery church, decorated with crux gemmata, a type of depiction of the cross in the form of an equal-edged and richly jewelled allegorical symbol, which was already going out of fashion at the time the cathedral was painted in the early XIII century.
In Georgia this motif spread as a legacy of Byzantium.
In Georgia this motif spread as a legacy of Byzantium.
23.04.202509:03
A model of the Late-Roman/Early-Byzantine Great Baths of Scythopolis, modern Israel, displayed at the excavations site.
19.04.202512:01
T h e g a t e s o f H e l l a r e b r e a c h e d !
02.05.202519:43
In the Kvetera Castle, Georgia.
01.05.202517:56
A rare instance of a stained glass decoration in Bulgaria - installed in a much more older Byzantine church of Saint Sophia, which gave the Bulgarian capital its modern name instead of antique Serdika.
29.04.202513:02
Royal Door from a Byzantine iconostasis from the Ioannina Byzantine museum, Greece.
25.04.202509:03
Altar part of the Saint Sergius of Radonezh church in Tula, built in the Russian school of the Neo-Byzantine eclectics.
22.04.202509:03
The semi-abandoned Percy-French manor in Terenga, Russia.
19.04.202511:45
The Holy Fire descended in Jerusalem!
01.05.202511:56
The Seventh Regiment barracks in Belgrade, built in the XIX century - one of the most beautiful military buildings in Serbia.
29.04.202509:29
The surviving historical interior of the Professorial Hall in the Tomsk University library.
23.04.202517:01
In a tower of the mysterious abandoned castle of Ruispiri, Georgia.
20.04.202517:55
And in conclusion of today's selection, we'll take a look at the portal of the modern cathedral of Podgorica - adorned with a large mosaic, depicting the event to which the temple is dedicated - the Holy Resurrection.
18.04.202522:02
The Entombment of Christ. Saints Kosmas and Damian church, Kastoria, Greece.
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