The Basileios Stoa and the synthesis of the monumental center of Constantinople: topography, functions, symbolisms

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is the study of the topographical, functional and symbolical synthesis of the monumental center of Constantinople –the complex which surrounded the Sacred Palace– through the restoration of one of its most important monuments, the Basilica or Basileios Stoa, the seat of the higher education, the public Library, the Courts of justice and the Temple of Tyche. The monumental center of Constantinople is defined as an urban and symbolical space, the functional synthesis of which was affected by the tradition of the royal cities of the Greco-Roman world where monumental centers were located around the royal palaces housing important public functions. Moreover the Basileios Stoa is restored as the ancient ‘’Megiste Tetrastoos Agora’’ which was renamed and renovated during the reign of the Constantinian dynasty as the seat of higher education and justice. The location of the Schools and the Library to the Basileios Stoa reveals the intention of Constantine and ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/38058
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/38058
ND
38058
Alternative title
Η Βασίλειος Στοά και η σύνθεση του μνημειακού κέντρου της Κωνσταντινούπολης: τοπογραφία, λειτουργίες, συμβολισμοί
Author
Chatzilazarou, Dimitrios (Father's name: Themistoklis)
Date
2016
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
Πετρίδης Πλάτων
Παναγιωτίδη Μαρία
Μαρκόπουλος Αθανάσιος
Magdalino Paul
Berger Albrecht
Μαμαλούκος Σταύρος
Πάλλης Γεώργιος
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsHistory and Archaeology
Keywords
Constantinople; Education; Architecture
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
xxi, 591 σ., im., tbls., maps
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