Burguillos del Cerro

Burguillos del Cerro se emplaza en la provincia de Badajoz, en la comarca de Zafra – Río Bodión, ocupa una situación intermedia entre Zafra y Jerez de los Caballeros. El territorio de Burguillos del Cerro aparece intensamente antropizado desde época temprana; particularmente destacada resulta la densidad de asentamientos prerromanos, especialmente los relacionados con la Segunda […]

Ermita de Santa Centola y Elena

Situada sobre una alta meseta, desde la que se domina un paisaje espectacular sobre un cañón que forman los ríos Rudrón y Ebro, encontramos esta pequeña ermita dedicada a las santas Centola y Elena. En su entorno se encuentran también los restos de un castillo y, dada su magnífica ubicación defensiva, es muy probable que […]

Yacimiento de Marialba de la Ribera

El edificio de Marialba de la Ribera (Villaturiel, León) – declarado Monumento histórico-artístico el 11 de octubre de 1968 y Monumento histórico-artístico y arqueológico, de carácter nacional, por Real Decreto de 18 de mayo de 1979 – se encuentra en el yacimiento “El cerro de la iglesia vieja”, situado a unos 4 kms. al Sur […]

Ermita de los Santos Mártires

La localidad de Medina Sidonia, conserva restos patrimoniales y arqueológicos que ahondan sus raíces desde el paleolítico, con diferentes restos documentados en las inmediaciones de la Laguna de La Janda. Tal y como podemos leer en la página del ayuntamiento del municipio gaditano, Medina Sidonia es uno de los núcleos urbanos más antiguos de la […]

Lips Monastery

The Monastery of Lips was a complex of two connecting churches. The first one of which (North church) was restored by the patrician Konstantinos Lips from a sixth-century church (Macridy, Theodore. ‘The Monastery of Lips and the Burials of the Palaeologi’. Dumbarton Oaks Papers 18. 1964: 258) and consecrated to the Theotokos (Mother of God) […]

Monastery of Stoudios

The monastery of Stoudios was founded in 453 in the southwest of Constantinople (Mango, Cyril. ‘The Date of the Studius Basilica at Istanbul’. Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 4, no. 1, 1 January 1978: 115–22), not far from the Marmara Sea It is considered one of the first examples of the religious architecture of Eastern […]

The Monastery of Alahan

Alahan Monastery (Turkish: Koja Kalessi) is a complex of fifth century buildings located in the mountains of Isauria in southern Asia Minor (Mersin province in modern day Turkey). Located at an altitude of 4,000 ft, it stands 3,000 ft over the Calycadnus valley and is a one-hour walking distance from the village of Geçimli. Although […]

The Monastery of Mary of the Spring

The Monastery of the mother of God at the Spring (full name in Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Θεοτόκου τῆς Πηγῆς, pr. Moni tis Theotóku tis Pigis; Turkish name: Balıklı Meryem Ana Rum Manastiri) or simply Zoödochos Pege (Greek: Ζωοδόχος Πηγή, «Life-giving Spring») is an Eastern Orthodox sanctuary in Istanbul, Turkey. The present church, built in 1835, […]

The Monastery of Medikion

THE MONASTERY OF MEDIKION

FORMAL ANALYSIS The Monastery of Saint Sergios of Medikion (Μονή Αγίου Σεργίου του Μηδικίου), commonly simply known as the Medikion monastery (Μονή Μηδικίου) and later as the Monastery of the Holy Fathers (Μονή των Πατέρων) is a ruined Byzantine-era monastery near modern Trilye in Turkey (medieval Trigleia in Bithynia). It is best known for the […]

The Monastery of Panagia Theoskepastos

FORMAL ANALYSIS The Panagia Theoskepastos Monastery (Παναγία Θεοσκέπαστος, the God-guarded»), today known in Turkish Kızlar Monastery, is a former female monastery built during the Empire of Trebizond. It lies at the foot of Boztepe mountain over-looking the city of Trabzon. The monastery complex built on two terraces, is surrounded by a protective high wall. The […]