Byzantine architecture

There is no better place in the world to admire Byzantine architecture than in the largest city in Turkey. Constantinople was the most important city in Europe and the Middle East from the 4th century until the Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453. Today, the buildings in Istanbul provide great insight into the …

You will hardly find a better place to admire Byzantine architecture than in this city in the northeast of Italy. Ravenna was a major port city during the Roman Empire and it even became the capital city of the Western Roman Empire in the year 408. About a century later, some major Christian churches were …

Within the compounds of one of the greatest palace complexes in the world, you can find a remarkable religious structure. This Byzantine building is one of the few of its kind that hasn’t been transformed into a mosque and it holds a fascinating record as well. In this article, we take a closer look at …

Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium in 330 A.D. This was a remarkable move, but then again, he was also the Roman Empire to be baptized and convert to Christianity. Byzantine architecture is therefore marked to have emerged in the 4th century, although the transition from Roman …