Byzantine Western and Post-Byzantine Towers

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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

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