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
    Mtskheta
    Georgia
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.18
    218
    5
    The Jvari Church Is An Early Example Of A "Four-Apsed Church With Four Niches" Domed Tetraconch. (Wiki)
  • Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
    Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
    Armenia
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.05
    175
    6
    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
    Bosra
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.07
    58
    6
    The Ruined So-Called Cathedral Of Bosra, Of The Early 6th Century, Is The Earliest Major Syrian Tetraconch Church (Wiki)
  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    349
    8
    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)
  • Thessalonika
    Thessalonika
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.98
    315
    9
    Church Of The Saviour
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.19
    240
    11
    St Ulrich Chapel (Kaiserpfalz, Goslar)