Saint Panteleimon Monastery
The monastery is located in the area of Patleyna, in the Dragoevska Mountain – the Eastern Pre-Balkan Range, high above the right bank of the Golyama Kamchia River, 2-2.5 km south of the Capital fortress wall and about 6 km south of the present-day Veliki Preslav. The archaeological research was carried out in 1909-1914 by […]
Veliki Preslav
It is located about 4 km from the present-day town of Preslav and about 20 km from the district center of Shumen. The name comes from the Slavic words for Great for Veliki and Gorgeous for Preslav. The Bulgarian state was founded in 681 by Khan Asparuh, son of Khan Kubrat, after a victorious war […]
St. Athanasius Monastery
According to tradition, it is considered the oldest active monastery in Europe. It was founded in 344 by St. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria. Saint Athanasius was born in 295 or 296 in Alexandria, Egypt, in a family of Christians. Excellently educated, he devoted himself to the study of the Holy Scriptures. Because of the virtues […]
Monastery of Nova Mahala
The village of Nova Mahala located at 1273 m. above sea level in the Western Rhodopes. Its population is Muslim by faith, settled sometime after the late 14th c. For this reason, the toponymy in the surrounding area is Turkish, often a literal translation of previously existing local names. There is no continuity between the […]
Saint Vitus Monastery of Ellwangen
The town of Ellwangen, belonging to the province of Badem-Würrtemberg in the south of Germany, is situated mostly on the eastern bank of the river Jagst, which in turn flows through the manifold forested hills of the broader ‚Schwäbisch-Fränkische Waldberge‘. Though in modern days, the Jagst‘s course has been straightened to the demands of civilization […]
Kellibara Monastery
The Kellibara monastery is one of the most important foundations on Latmos (Latros), a monastic center in Caria, northeast of Miletos (Milet). The Latros monasteries are clustered on islands in the lake of Herakleia (Bafa Gölu) and on Mt. Latmos (modern Beşparmak). The first monasteries were allegedly founded in the 7th century by monks who […]
Saint Stephen
The Saint Stephen monastery is a converted Byzantine foundation in Trigleia (Tirilye). The identification with the Church of St. Stephen is not absolute certain. However, it may be associated with the monastery of St. Stephen the Confessor, who was persecuted during the reign of Leo V (813-820). The conversion to a mosque took place in […]
Saint Anna
DESCRIPTION AND FORMAL ANALYSIS Saint Anne of Trebizond (today Trabzon) is one of the oldest known surviving churches in Trabzon. It is built outside the city’s walls and is situated in the eastern part of the city, less than 100m south of Saint Basil. Saint Anne was one of the churches in the parish of […]
Centro Arqueológico de L´Almoina
DESCRIPCIÓN Y ANÁLISIS FORMAL De los lugares de interés arqueológico de Valencia la zona de la plaza de l’Almoina es la más destacada, tanto por su riqueza, como por su estado de conservación. Conseguir su preservación ha sido un camino largo que ha concluido en un moderno centro acondicionado para los ciudadanos y visitantes. Está […]
Santa Cecilia de Els Altamiris
Santa Cecilia de Els Altimiris es un conjunto arqueológico en curso de excavación desde el año 2004 que a la luz de los datos que se han recuperado se interpreta como un establecimiento monástico de los siglos V-VIII y IX-XI. Se ubica en la sierra prepirenaica del Montsec d’Ares (Lleida), en la cima triangular de […]