Byzantine Athens, 10th - 12th Centuries

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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Periodicals and lexica; 1 Introduction; Previous research and scholarship; The written sources; The physical environment of Athens; General overview of the urban plan of medieval Athens; 2 The built environment and the monuments; The fortifications of Middle Byzantine Athens; The gates in the walls and the streets; Water supply in medieval Athens; Points of reference in the medieval city; Residential areas of Athens; Introduction: Information from the written sources; Residential areas in Athens. Cover Title Copyright CONTENTS List of figures Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Periodicals and lexica 1 Introduction Previous research and scholarship The written sources The physical environment of Athens General overview of the urban plan of medieval Athens 2 The built environment and the monuments The fortifications of Middle Byzantine Athens The gates in the walls and the streets Water supply in medieval Athens Points of reference in the medieval city Residential areas of Athens Introduction: Information from the written sources Residential areas in Athens. Settlement on the AcropolisSettlement in Plaka and the modern city center Settlement in the area of Monastiraki and the Library of Hadrian Settlement in the Roman Agora The Athenian Agora and the Areopagus South slope of the Acropolis Syntagma Square, the National Garden and the Zappeion The Kerameikos Domestic architecture The production of goods, the economy and industrial buildings Unbuilt spaces and cemeteries The churches of medieval Athens The ecclesiastical architecture of Athens: Introduction Catalogue of Middle Byzantine churches in Athens. The Agora. Hagioi Apostoloi/Holy ApostlesAgora. Hagios Nikolaos Roman Agora. Church beneath the Fethiye Mosque Hagia Aikaterine/Saint Catherine Acropolis. Parthenon Acropolis. Propylaia. Chapels Hagioi Anargyroi in Psyrri Square Hagioi Apostoloi sta marmara (The Klepsydra fountain, Acropolis) Hagioi Asomatoi near â#x80 #x98 Theseionâ#x80 #x99 Asomatos sta Skalia Library of Hadrian. Ruined church Galatsi. Hagios Georgios, or Omorfi Ekklesia Hagios Georgios Alexandrinos Gorgoepekoos Panagia, or Hagios Eleutherios, or Little Metropolis Goudi. Panagia or Hagia Triada Hagios Dionysios Areopagites. Profitis Ilias in the StaropazaroHagioi Theodoroi on Nikis Street Hagioi Theodoroi Hephaisteion, or â#x80 #x98 Theseionâ#x80 #x99 , or Hagios Georgios Hagios Thomas Martyrion of Hagios Leonides (Ilissos basilica) Hagios Ioannes o Theologos, Plaka Hagios Ioannes o Prodromos Hagios Ioannes on Vouliagmenis Street Hagios Ioannes Mangoutes Kaisariani Kapnikarea Monastery of Kynegos ton Philosophon. Katholikon Hagios Loukas monastery. Katholikon Hagia Marina near Thesion Megale Panagia Metamorphosis tou Soteros, Plaka Hagios Nikolaos Rangavas Homologetai/Hagioi Pantes in Ampelokepoi. Moni Petraki/Petraki monastery. KatholikonSotera of Kottakis Soteira Lykodemou Taxiarchs church in the Roman Agora Hagios Filippos Typology Morphology and construction Athenian ecclesiastical architecture in the wider Greek context 3 A historical interpretation of the Athenian monuments 4 Epilogue: The Athens of legend during the Middle Ages Captions for the map of Byzantine Athens Index of personal names Index of places and monuments.