Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
Συλλογικό έργο
Ρέκος (1997)
Even now that it has become a modern megalopolis, Thessaloniki is still a city with a very special appeal This may be due to the fact that it has preserved a variety of monuments that represent a number of historical periods, while still retaining a distinctly Byzantine flavour. Archaeological sites, Roman buildings, long stretches of the city walls, early Christian, Byzantine, and post-Byzantine buildings, together with Islamic structures from the Ottoman period, all compose the picture of bygone ages, when Thessaloniki, no less of a megalopolis, had a different form and p...
Agia Sophia: The Great Church of Thessaloniki
Μαυροπούλου - Τσιούμη Χρυσάνθη
Καπόν (2014)
The thirteen-centuries-old church of Hagia Sophia, dedicated to the Holy Wisdom of God, has been the focus of scholarly interest and debate since the nineteenth century, generating a remarkably rich bibliography - Greek and foreign. However, until now there was no publication addressed to the visitors to this monument. This book comes to fill the void, examining all aspects of the subject - the history of the church, its decoration and the views expressed on this at various times.