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Information: Basilican and cross-in-square plan churches in the style which developed in the Eastern Roman Empire (330-1453) in which Classical precepts were no longer strictly observed and new influences from the East were integrated.
Church of St. Theodore at Mistra, Greece Church of St. Theodore at Mistra, Greece: Photograph of the 11th-century Byzantine church from Fordham University, New York. (Byzantine) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ikon/ca10.gif
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy: This octagonal church, built 526-47, is among the finest and least altered of all Byzantine buildings. Great Buildings Online provides a description and bibliography. (Byzantine) http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/San_Vitale.html
Computer Model of the Hagia Sophia Computer Model of the Hagia Sophia: Project by Princeton University in 1996. Technical details of producing the model, some photographs. (Byzantine) http://www.princeton.edu/~asce/const_95/const.html
Ravenna Mosaics and Monuments Ravenna Mosaics and Monuments: MW&V sell this CD-Rom guide to the famous mosaics of Ravenna in four languages. Sample screen shots on-line. (Byzantine) http://www.mosaico.net/mosaics/Ravenna/
Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia: Great Buildings Online provide photographs, 3D model, choice quotations and bibliography of the Byzantine masterpiece designed by Isidoros and Anthemios at Istanbul, Turkey, 532-7. (Byzantine) http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Hagia_Sophia.html
World Heritage Sites in Ravenna World Heritage Sites in Ravenna: The tourist office in Ravenna provides photographs and descriptions of its group of 6th-century churches: the octagonal San Vitale and the two basilicas of St Apollinare, famous for their mosaics. (Byzantine) http://www.turismo.ravenna.it/old/inglese/indice.htm
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Information: Basilican and cross-in-square plan churches in the style which developed in the Eastern Roman Empire (330-1453) in which Classical precepts were no longer strictly observed and new influences from the East were integrated.
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