PLACES of BYZANTINE INTEREST
GENERAL LINKS : OUTSIDE GREECE : GREECE
Most of the sites and monuments that follow are protected by UNESCO-World Heritage and the Governments of the contemporary countries.
- general links
- World heritage monuments, Greek ministry of culture
- Archaeological sites, Greek ministry of culture
- Museums, Greek ministry of culture
- Venice Charter on Building Restoration Principles @wikipedia
- MAPS
- Rome and Romania, 27 BC-1453 AD maps and short notes on every period by Kelley L. Ross
- ↑
- places outside modern Greece
- TURKEY (TÜRKİYE)
- KΩNΣTANTINOYΠOΛH CONSTANTINOPLE in byzantine times. ISTANBUL (today's ISTANBUL)
- Name: Byzantium (lemma)
- Constantinople by wikipedia - Istanbul by wikipedia
- Constantinople map by William Shepard at Texas Library USA
- Historic Areas of Istanbul by UNESCO
- Churches and Monasteries in Istanbul by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Nova Roma Constantinople
- Byzantine Project by prof. Ahmet Chakmak at Princeton's Engineering Reasearch Dpt. The 1995 Byzantine Project deals with Holy Wisdom church, the City's Walls (which are mostly restored today) and Christ in Chora church.
- Philip Mansel' s Constantinople City of the World s Desire 1453-1924 The 1st chapterWashingtonPost.com
- DIRECT SOURCES:
- SOZOMEN (d.c.450 e.v.): Constantine Founds Constantinople, 324 CE Text in english translation at Paul Halsall's Sourcebooks.
- IBN BATTUTA Travel mémoires of 1325-1354 Full text in english translation at Paul Halsall's Sourcebooks. Including a chapter on Uzbeg Khan, sultan of Turks and his wife, a byzantine princess. The author accompanies her at Constantinople and meets the emperor, goes to Hagia Sophia and tours the city.
- Eulogy of Istanbul by Nabi Efendi ---
- HOLY WISDOM church: Haghia Sophia AΓIA ΣOΦIA pronounced: [a`jia so`fia], or a more intimate name: Aya Sofia [ajiasofi`a]
- Hagia Shopia by wikipedia
- ΠPOKOΠIOΣ (Procopius): ΠEPI KTIΣMATΩN (De Aedificis): Haghia Sophia
- Text in english translation at Paul Halsall's Sourcebooks.
- Marcus Harley's computer model of Aghia Sophia
- Within the Byzantine Project of prof. Ahmet Cakmak at Princeton U.
- Christos sti chora church tur: Cariye Camii with the exquisite mosaics.
- Chora church by wikipedia
- ISTANBUL TODAY
- Istanbul'u dinliyorum (I am listening to Istanbul): trans.eng.
- Poem by Orhan Veli Kanik
- Istanbul by Lonely Planet
- CAPPADOCIA christian sites
- Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia, TURKEY by UNESCO
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- CYPRUS in midddle ages
- Painted Churches in the Troodos Region CYPRUS by UNESCO
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- ITALY
- RAVENNA
- The mosaics. Gallery at Basilica of San Vitale by wikipedia
- VENICE
- Republic of Venice 697-1797 by wikipedia
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- places in Greece
- ATHENS: small byzantine churches and monasteries
If you are interested in byzantine art, you must keep in mind that Athens was NOT an important byzantine city.
Istanbul is the place to go to for Constantinople's byzantine art, and in helladic soil, only Mystras mediaeval city at the Peloponnese, and Thessaloniki at the north would be more interesting. But still, in Athens there are lots of tiny, nice byzantine churches. A nice site to visit off city limits, is Daphni (pronounced Daph`nee, NOT `Daphnee the métro station, carrrrreful!!!). Also, Caesariani Monastery offers a nice diversion off the city centre.
- BYZANTINE MUSEUM in athens
- Capnikarea church in Athens, by wikipedia
- Omorfoklissia (beautiful-ekklesia) church near Athens, by wikipeida
- Aghii Theodori church in Athens
- Daphni near Athens by the greek ministry of culture
- Caesariani Monastery near Athens, by wikipedia
- Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios UNESCO
- Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas, and Nea Moni are situated in different places.
- NORTHERN GREECE
- Thessaloniki in byzantine times
- Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika UNESCO
- Medieval Sourcebook: The Great Fair at Thessalonica, 12th Cent
- HAGION OROS (holy mountain) gre: AΓION OPOΣ [`ajion `oros] is Mount Athos gre:AΘΩΣ [`aθos]
- Mountain Athos by wikipedia
- Mount Athos UNESCO
- Location and photos of monasteries of Athos @www.dilos.com
- Castoria city in byzantine times
- City of KASTORIA during the byzantine times by FHW GREECE
- CENTRAL GREECE
- METEORA christian orthodox monasteries
- Meteora UNESCO
- Meteora by wikipedia
- SOUTHERN GREECE
- MYSTRAS the mediaeval city at Peloponnesus
Mystras UNESCO
- MYSTRAS The medieval city during 1249-1460 by FHW GREECE
- ISLANDS
- Rhodes in mediaeval times, and western knights fortress
- Medieval city of Rhodes UNESCO
- Patmos
- Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos UNESCO
links check in 2007.08, 2017.11.