Hagia Sophia, Mystras
Hagia Sophia Αγία Σοφία | |
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Greek Orthodox | |
Architecture | |
Architectural type | Byzantine |
Completed | 14th century |
Administration | |
Metropolis | Monemvasia and Sparta
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Official name | Archaeological Site of Mystras |
Criteria | Cultural: ii, iii, iv |
Reference | 511 |
Inscription | 1989 (13th Session) |
Area | 54.43 ha |
Buffer zone | 1,202.52 ha |
The Church of Hagia Sophia (
History
Hagia Sophia was built in the fourteenth century by the first despot of
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Structure
Architecture
For the most part, Hagia Sophia is built with the brick-enclosed masonry system that is common in southern Greece.[1] The monument belongs to the architectural type of the two-style cruciform church inscribed with a dome, sporting three three-sided external apses to the east, a narthex to the west and two arcades to the north and west, out of which only the first and the northern part of the second are preserved.[1][2] Contemporary with it is the burial chapel with the underground crypt to the east of the north portico, the three-storey bell tower to the west and the former two-storey altar to the north-west of the church, while the three chapels on its south side are later additions.[2] Hagia Sophia is mostly built according to the brick-enclosed rhythm and has rich ceramic decoration on the drums of the antennae of the cross.[2]
The elaborate decoration of the interior of the church is complemented by marble inlays; the two columns to the west and the older architrave, dating to the twelfth century, of the iconostasis, only portions of which remain to this day.[1][2]
Art of the church
Fragmentary frescoes dating from the period 1348-1354 are preserved inside the building.
Gallery
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View from the west.
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View from the east.
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Interior of Hagia Sophia.
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Murals in the interior.
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A mural.
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The dome of Hagia Sophia.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Ι. Ν. Αγίας Σοφίας" [Holy Church of Holy Wisdom]. religiousgreece.gr (in Greek). Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Fifth Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities (2012). "Αγία Σοφία Μυστρά" [Hagia Sophia of Mystras]. odysseus.culture.gr (in Greek). Retrieved November 17, 2022.
External links
Media related to Hagia Sophia, Mystras at Wikimedia Commons