MONEMVASIA - Lower City - 2010
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Numéro de la notice
1930
Année de l'opération
2010
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Monemvasia, Lower City. Church of Agios Spyridon. K.P. Diamanti (5th EBA) reports on work to remove fill from the interior of this two-aisled Byzantine church, revealing a number of features. Rectangular built structures in contact with the semicircular apse probably served to hold the communion altar. Traces of Byzantine wall-painting were exposed in the lower part of the apse on the north side. The templon was a built structure, as confirmed by its foundation wall. A round marble column base found in the centre of the church served as the foundation for the arches which united the naves. The floor, preserved in patches, was of tile fragments set in lime plaster. The church was entered from the north aisle: the marble threshold is preserved.
Alterations to the building made under the second Venetian empire include the addition of pediments to the west face, of a limestone geison in the south nave, and plasterwork.
Auteur de la notice
Catherine MORGAN
Références bibliographiques
K.P. Diamanti, Το Ἐργο της 5ης Εφορείας Βυζαντινών Αρχαιοτήτων από το Ἐτος 2007 εως το Έτος 2010 στο Νὀμο Λακωνίας, Sparta 2010, 33.
Date de création
2011-03-17 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-06 14:28:47