Byzantine architecture

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architectural style cultural heritage

Byzantine architecture is a style of building that flourished in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, characterized by domes, extensive use of mosaics, and richly decorated interiors in churches and other religious structures.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural style → cultural heritage →
associatedWith	Constantinople → Justinian I →
characterizedBy	Greek-cross plans → brick and stone construction → centralized plans → clerestory windows → complex vaulting → domes → extensive mosaics → iconographic programs → pendentives → richly decorated interiors → squinches →
constructionMaterial	brick → marble → stone →
decorationTechnique	frescoes → gold-ground mosaics → opus sectile →
developedFrom	Roman architecture →
developedIn	Byzantine Empire →
flourishedInCentury	10th century → 11th century → 6th century →
geographicRegion	Anatolia → Balkans → Constantinople → Eastern Mediterranean → Greece →
influenced	Gothic architecture → Islamic architecture → Neo-Byzantine architecture → Ottoman architecture → Romanesque architecture → Russian architecture →
influencedBy	Early Christian architecture → Hellenistic architecture → Near Eastern architecture →
notableExample	Basilica of San Vitale → Church of the Holy Apostles → Daphni Monastery → Hagia Sophia → Hosios Loukas → Nea Moni of Chios →
partOf	Byzantine art →
religiousContext	Eastern Catholic Churches → Eastern Orthodox Christianity →
structuralInnovation	integration of dome and basilica plans → use of pendentives to support domes →
timePeriod	15th century → 4th century →
typicalBuildingType	baptistery → basilica → church → fortification → martyrion → monastery → palace →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Basilica Cistern → Clock Tower of Rhodes → Dionysiou Monastery → Dochiariou Monastery → Golden Gate (Jerusalem) → Great Lavra → Gregoriou Monastery → Holy Trinity Monastery → Karakallou Monastery → Koutloumousiou Monastery → Medieval City of Rhodes → Nea Moni of Chios ("Middle Byzantine architecture") → Patriarchate of Peć Monastery → Saint Catherine’s Monastery → Simonopetra Monastery → Sopoćani Monastery →	architecturalStyle
Ottoman architecture → Romanesque architecture → Russian Revival →	influencedBy
Patriarchate of Peć → Xenophontos Monastery →	hasArchitecturalStyle
Late Byzantine period ("Late Byzantine architecture") → Xeropotamou Monastery →	hasArchitectureStyle
Ioannina → Kastoria (regional unit) →	hasHeritage
Byzantine Revival → Saint Bartholomew’s Church interior work, New York City →	inspiredBy
Byzantine Empire →	architectureStyle
Amman Citadel →	containsStructureFrom
Umayyad architecture →	follows
Church of the Holy Apostles ("Justinianic architecture") →	rebuiltInStyle
Amalfi Cathedral →	styleInfluence
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis →	styleInfluences