Introduction The Byzantine Museum in Thessaloniki — officially the Museum of Byzantine Culture on Stratou Avenue — organises its permanent
Introduction When Procopius of Caesarea described Hagia Sophia in 537 AD, he wrote that the dome appeared to hang “by
Introduction Thessaloniki was besieged at least seventeen times between its founding in 315 BCE and the Ottoman conquest in 1430.
Introduction The Byzantine Empire ended on 29 May 1453 when Ottoman forces under Sultan Mehmed II entered Constantinople. But the
Introduction Byzantine art covers roughly eleven centuries, from 313 AD to 1453. It is not a single style. It is
Introduction The Byzantine Museum on Stratou Avenue has won the Council of Europe Museum Prize — the highest recognition in
Introduction The term “Macedonian Renaissance” was coined by art historian Kurt Weitzmann in 1963. It describes the cultural revival that
Introduction In 726 AD, Emperor Leo III ordered the removal of a large icon of Christ from the Chalke Gate
Afterlife in Byzantium: What the Symbols Really Meant Death in Byzantium was not treated as something final. It was understood
The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire Walk through Thessaloniki for a few hours and something starts to feel
