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Byzantine Architecture
Also Known As Eastern Roman Architecture
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Byzantine architecture is the building tradition of the Byzantine, or Eastern Roman, Empire, centered on Constantinople and running from the fourth century until the empire's fall in 1453. It is known above all for its great domes carried on pendentives, letting a circular dome rise over a square plan, and for the gold mosaics and marble revetment that cover its interiors. The Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, combining a longitudinal basilica plan with a centralized domed one, is its most celebrated example.
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Origin RegionEastern Mediterranean, centered on Constantinople 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Early Islamic building, especially under the Umayyads, drew on Byzantine construction methods and decorative traditions inherited from the territories it succeeded.
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Byzantine building practice grew directly out of late Roman construction, keeping Roman concrete and brick technique while developing the dome-on-pendentive system further.
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Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire, or Eastern Roman Empire, usually dated from AD 330 ... until the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453.
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