Nea Ekklesia
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The Nea Ekklēsia was a church built by Byzantine Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in Constantinople between 876 and 880. It was the first monumental church built in the Byzantine capital after the Hagia
Gold solidus of Emperor Basil I, with his son Constantine and Empress Eudokia Ingerina
Cross-in-square
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A cross-in-square, crossed-dome, tetrastyle, or quincunx floor plan was the dominant form of church architecture in the middle and late Byzantine Empire. It featured a square centre with an internal s
Plan of a typical cross-in-square church; based on the 10th-century Myrelaion in Constantinople
Plan of the Chora Church in Constantinople
Compact cross-in-square plan, based on the Cattolica in Stilo. The naos is the central liturgical area and bema the sanctuary.
Christ Pantocrator, in the dome of the Daphni Monastery