The church of the Holy Apostles in the Ancient Agora of Athens and its models
Abstract
The church of the Holy Apostles in the Ancient Agora of Athens (ca. 1000) combines the elements of the centralized plan, a tetraconch with smaller corner niches between the projecting larger ones and a four-column cross-in-square core. The earliest application of experimentation with four projecting niches in a cross-in-square type church can be traced to the architecture of Armenia. Other architectural features of the building appear also in Armenia and Georgia. Armenian architectural elements, such as the octaconch central bay and the cross-in-square with four projecting niches may have reached Constantinople and its environs. This peculiar Athenian church can possibly be attributed to Constantinopolitan influence.
Article Details
- How to Cite
-
ΓΚΙΟΛΕΣ (Nikolaos GKIOLES) Ν. (2023). The church of the Holy Apostles in the Ancient Agora of Athens and its models. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 43, 71–80. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.34372
- Section
- Articles
The copyright for articles in the journal Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society (henceforth Deltion) is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal and to EIE/ EKT the right to store and communicate these articles to the public via its information infrastructures. By virtue of their appearance in this journal, articles are free to use with proper attribution for non-commercial uses under a ShareAlike obligation. The Christian Archaeological Society and EIE/EKT retain the worldwide right to reproduce, display, distribute, and use articles published in the Deltion in all formats and media, either separately or as part of collective works for the full term of copyright. This includes but is not limited to the right to publish articles in an issue of the Journal, copy and distribute individual reprints of the articles, authorize reproduction of articles in their entirety in another publication of the Christian Archaeological Society, and authorize reproduction and distribution of articles or abstracts thereof by means of computerized retrieval systems.
