3 Aug 2026, 20:19 UTC393 views22 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
An extremely rare example of surviving late-Byzantine architectural sculpture - due to the general decline of the arts and the subsequent Muslim iconoclasm - the head of a saint or apostle, discovered in the first half of the XX century near the Myrelaion Monastery in Constantinople. It is now housed in the Byzantine collection of the Bode Museum in Berlin.
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25 Jul 2026, 11:00 UTC619 views19 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
The former Granichar barracks in Caransebeș, Romania, which now house an ethnographic museum. Plans are currently underway to restore this Baroque building - and thank Lord, because the current state of this structure, with its rather fine architecture, leaves much to be desired.
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19 Jul 2026, 19:14 UTC772 views22 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
A small Franco-Byzantine church of Saint George in Aipeia, Greece. While the overall appearance of the temple is typical of an average late-Byzantine church, what makes it Frankish is, of course, its distinctive Gothic windows.
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16 Jul 2026, 15:04 UTC822 views11 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
Fragments of the baroque decoration of the Transfiguration Church of the Popkovo pogost, now located in the museum of the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma, Russia.
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16 Jul 2026, 11:01 UTC653 views13 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
An old photo of a Byzantine-styled well head from Venice, Italy. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find high-quality modern photos of the said well.
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13 Jul 2026, 20:14 UTC744 views26 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
The mosaic in the apse of the catholicon at Gelati Monastery in Georgia, created by Greek craftsmen, is the largest surviving Byzantine mosaic not only in the country but throughout the Caucasus.
A few years ago, it was, alas, damaged once again by water seepage - but, fortunately, restoration work has already begun.
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12 Jul 2026, 17:55 UTC619 views29 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
Calabrian Byzantine castle of Simeri Crichi, Italy.
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8 Jul 2026, 11:05 UTC800 views16 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
The Church of the Nativity in Gorodnya is the most famous (albeit within a narrow circle) and the only surviving monument of the Tver school of architecture - a style related to the early-Moscow style and, possibly, together with it and other monuments that have not survived to the present day, constituting the hypothetical "post-Mongol style of North-Eastern Rus".
And yet, inside, this church - which has survived i…
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2 Jul 2026, 15:46 UTC931 views28 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
Unexpectedly joyful news from Turkey! The Byzantine hospital in Side, one of the best preserved to our day, has been partially restored. It is difficult to say to which period - considering that the building dates from the VI century, while the restored elements rather reflect the middle-Byzantine era. Either way, one cannot but welcome the revival of Roman architecture!
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29 Jun 2026, 18:58 UTC803 views21 reactions9 Starsread 12 August 2026 Photo
The Crypt of Saint Cristine - a Byzantine rock-hewn church in Carpignano Salentino, Italy.
Originally built as a funerary chapel, it was later transformed into a church and partially rebuilt in the Baroque style, however, the original frescoes have survived to this day.
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28 Jun 2026, 12:25 UTC742 views12 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
One of the oldest buildings in Bulgarian Varna - the State Archive, which has changed many functions before its current purpose - but began as a Turkish mansion, heavily rebuilt in a more European spirit after the country gained independence.
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26 Jun 2026, 13:01 UTC696 views26 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Photo
What is the Third Rome? It is the bronze-tinged gold of the iconostases in the Russian hinterland...
The Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, Shunga.
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