Iglesia de Santa María de Tábara
El primitivo monasterio de San Salvador (Tábara, Zamora) fue construido sobre una pequeña loma, en las últimas estribaciones de la Sierra de la Culebra y junto al arroyo del Casal. Su fundación se debió a la iniciativa de dos monjes, San Froilán y San Atilano, que años después fueron nombrados obispos de León y Zamora, […]
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 […]
Monasterio de Guarrazar
El yacimiento de Guarrazar está situado en el término municipal de Guadamur, a unos 15 kms. al suroeste de la ciudad de Toledo. Conocido internacionalmente por su impresionante tesoro visigodo, desde hace varios años se están desarrollando, bajo la dirección de Juan Manuel Rojas Rodríguez-Malo, varias campañas de excavaciones arqueológicas e investigaciones científicas fundamentales para […]
Monasterio de Santa María de Wamba
El monasterio de Santa María que se encuentra en la localidad vallisoletana de Wamba, declarado Monumento Histórico-Artístico por decreto el 3 de junio de 1931 (Gaceta del 4 de junio de 1931), se desarrolló entre los siglos X y XVIII llegando a ser un importante centro espiritual y administrativo. Pero el abandono derivado de las […]
Iglesia de San Baudelio de Berlanga
La iglesia de San Baudelio se alza sobre una loma enclavada a las afueras de la localidad soriana de Casillas de Berlanga y junto a un manantial y una gruta. Según una antigua leyenda, en este lugar se reunieron dos jóvenes arquitectos, uno cristiano, Ismael, procedente de la orilla del Mediterráneo, y otro musulmán, Omar, […]
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 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 […]
The Monastery of Saint John of Vazelon
The Monastery of Vazelon (Μονή Βαζελώνος) is or the Monastery of Ioannes Prodromos (Αγίου Ιωάννου Προδρόμου) a ruin located in the Black Sea region of Turkey, which had been regarded as a center of Greek Orthodox life in Maçka area, retaining some control over surrounding villages until its disestablishment. Today, the monastery is accepted one […]