Byzantine architecture

E12950
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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Byzantine architecture canonical 108
Byzantine churches 2
Middle Byzantine architecture 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
associatedWith Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
influenced Gothic architecture ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ
Byzantine Revival ⓘ
surface form: 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 (117)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Medieval City of Rhodes → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Saint Bartholomew’s Church interior work, New York City → inspiredBy → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Byzantine Empire → architectureStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Ottoman architecture → influencedBy → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Romanesque architecture → influencedBy → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Holy Trinity Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Clock Tower of Rhodes → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Basilica Cistern → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis → styleInfluences → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Byzantine Revival → inspiredBy → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Church of the Holy Apostles → rebuiltInStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic architecture
Simonopetra Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Xenophontos Monastery → hasArchitecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Koutloumousiou Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Karakallou Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Dionysiou Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Xeropotamou Monastery → hasArchitectureStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Dochiariou Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Great Lavra → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Late Byzantine period → hasArchitectureStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Byzantine architecture
Russian Revival → influencedBy → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Gregoriou Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Sopoćani Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Umayyad architecture → follows → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Saint Catherine’s Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Patriarchate of Peć → hasArchitecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Patriarchate of Peć Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Golden Gate → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Golden Gate (Jerusalem)
Amman Citadel → containsStructureFrom → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Nea Moni of Chios → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Byzantine architecture
Ioannina → hasHeritage → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Kastoria (regional unit) → hasHeritage → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Amalfi Cathedral → styleInfluence → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Curtea de Argeș Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Gonio Fortress → hasArchitecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Knights Hospitaller architecture → influencedBy → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Cozia Monastery → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Katholikon → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Byzantine emperors → influenced → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Rotunda → hasArchitecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Rotunda (Church of the Holy Sepulchre)
Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
Bachkovo Monastery → hasArchitecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Monastery of the Cross → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Arta → hasHeritage → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki → notableFor → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Greek East → hasArchitectureStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Monastery of Saint John the Theologian → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Christian monastic heritage of Greece → architecturalStyle → Byzantine architecture ⓘ