Tetraconch

Connected Sites: 6

A tetraconch, from the Greek for "four shells", is a building, usually a church or other religious building, with four apses, one in each direction, usually of equal size. The basic ground plan of the building is therefore a Greek cross. (wiki)

Connected Sites

Mtskheta

Georgia

Inscribed: 1994

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The Jvari Church Is An Early Example Of A "Four-Apsed Church With Four Niches" Domed Tetraconch. (Wiki)

Echmiatsin and Zvartnots

Armenia

Inscribed: 2000

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Saint Hripsime Church At Echmiatsin: "Has A Square Tetraconch Highly Complex Central Plan" (Wiki); Also Zvartnots "A 7th-Century Centrally Planned Aisled Tetraconch Type"

Bosra

Syria

Inscribed: 1980

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The Ruined So-Called Cathedral Of Bosra, Of The Early 6th Century, Is The Earliest Major Syrian Tetraconch Church (Wiki)

Ravenna

Italy

Inscribed: 1996

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The Mausoleum Of Galla Placidia In Ravenna (425–30), World-Famous For Its Mosaics, Is Almost A Tetraconch, Although There Are Short Vaulted Arms Leading From The Central Space To Each Apse-End. These End In A Flat Wall With No Semi-Dome, And The Entrance End Is Slightly Longer (Wiki)

Rammelsberg and Goslar

Germany

Inscribed: 1992

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St Ulrich Chapel (Kaiserpfalz, Goslar)

Thessalonika

Greece

Inscribed: 1988

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Church Of The Saviour