Saint Anne Church, Trabzon
The Church of Saint Anne (Greek: Ἁγία Άννα) is one of the oldest churches in Trabzon, Turkey.
Exterior view of the church today
Architecture
The building is a Byzantine-style building, with a barrel vaulted nave and aisles,[1] and a sanctuary flanked by side-chamber, formed from three curved apses.[2] Spolia is used in the building, with a classical sarcophagus used to form a tympanum over the main entrance door, showing a standing warrior and a winged Nike.[3]
It is possible the church was built around the 6th or 7th centuries AD. On a relief slab above the south door there is an inscription stating that St. Anne was restored during the joint reigns of Basil I, Leo VI and Alexander in 884/85.[4]
References
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- Richard Krautheimer et al, Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992) p. 395
- A. G. Sagona, The Heritage of Eastern Turkey: From Earliest Settlements to Islam (London: Macmillan, 2005) p.170
- Antony Eastmond, Art and Identity in Thirteenth-Century Byzantium (London: Ashgate, 2004) p.20
- Anthony Bryer and David Winfield. The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos. p. 218. ISBN 0-884-0212-2-X.
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