posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
The church (also known as the Metropolis) stands at the north-eastern edge of the Lower Town and was originally built as a basilica with three aisles by Metropolitan Eugenios (1263-1272), who is probably portrayed in the apse. Metropolitan Nikephoros Moschopoulos (1286-1315) added the narthex, and during the 15th century another Metropolitan, Matthew, tried to adapt the basilica to the plan of the churches of the Hodegetria (or Aphentiko) and the Pantanassa by adding an upper storey in the shape of a cross-in-square church with five domes. A dedicatory inscription referring to the second phase of the building, and containing the date 1291-1292, is preserved in the church. The painted decoration of the church was completed in two consecutive phases.
History
Alt Title
Hagios Demetrios
Date Created
1910-01-01
Date Modified
2017-07-03
Spatial Coverage
Mistrás, Peloponnese, Greece: Mystras, about 5 km south-west of Sparta
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Mistrás
Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910
Cultural Context
Byzantine
Rights Statement
To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.