Byzantine, Western, and Post-Byzantine Towers (10th–16th Centuries)
Friday, 18 – Sunday, 20 November 2022
Continued Program: Sessions, Speakers, and Topics
Questions and Discussion Session
After the first session on Byzantine Towers, a Q&A session will take place, giving participants the chance to discuss the topics and ask questions to the presenters City Tour Istanbul.
2nd SESSION – TOWERS IN THRACE, MARMARA, AND ANATOLIA
Chair Jim Crow
This session focuses on towers in Eastern Europe and Asia Minor, examining historical fortifications, their locations, and their purposes.
Jim Crow
Towers on the Long Walls of Thrace and Related Fortifications
Nisa Semiz
Towers in the Marmara Sea Walls through the Observations of Dimitriadis Efendi
Kerim Altuğ
Akgaburgaz: An Unknown Late Byzantine Tower in the Western Countryside of Constantinople
Jesko Filduth
Byzantine Towers in Western Asia Minor
Paolo Maranzana
The Fortifications of Pessinus in Central Anatolia: A Historical Overview
Following the presentations, there will be another Questions and Discussion period, allowing the audience to interact with the speakers Online International Conference.
3rd SESSION – TOWERS OF INFLUENCE
Chair Yiannis Varalis
This session will explore significant towers built under religious, political, or cultural influence.
Aikaterini Kousoula
The Tower Gate of Heptapyrgion, Thessaloniki
Ploutarchos Theocharidis
The Tower of Tzimiskes at Megisti Lavra, Mount Athos – The Byzantine Phases
Petros Koufopoulos
The Library Tower of Panagia in Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos
Konstantia Drosou
The Towers of the Metochia in Halkidiki and the Tower of the Monastery of Saint Paul (Hagios Pavlos) in Nea Fokea
Anastasia Kapandriti & Stylianos Galanis
The Byzantine Tower of Zografou Monastery’s Metochion in Kalamaria, Chalkidiki: A Palimpsest of Building Phases
Nikolaos Bonovas
An Unknown Byzantine Tower in Nigrita, Serres
Oleg Ulyanov
The Unique Clock Tower Built by the Athonite Monk Lazarus Serb in the Moscow Kremlin (1404), and Its Similarities to Mount Athos
15:10–15:40 – Questions and Discussion
4th SESSION – MONASTIC TOWERS UNTIL THE 16th CENTURY
Chair: Jenny Albani
This final session focuses on towers found in monasteries and religious complexes across the Byzantine world.
Marina Myriantheos-Koufopoulou
“St. Helen’s” Tower at the Monastery of Sinai, Egypt – Monastic Life from the 4th to 6th Century
Isidoros Plakotaris
The Fortified Tower of the Monastic Complex of Nea Moni on Chios Island
Lilyana Yordanova
Between Heaven and Earth: The Unique Design of the Tower of Hreljo
Theodora Ioannidou & Evangelos Papathanassiou
The Towers of the Monastery of Saint Dionysius on Mount Olympus, Macedonia, Greece