Chatzilazarou, Dimitrios Th. / Χατζηλαζάρου, Δημήτριος Θ. : Η Βασίλειος Στοά και η σύνθεση του μνημειακού κέντρου της Κωνσταντινούπολης: τοπογραφία, λειτουργίες, συμβολισμοί
"Chatzilazarou, Dimitrios Th. / Χατζηλαζάρου, Δημήτριος Θ. : Η Βασίλειος Στοά και η σύνθεση του μνημειακού κέντρου της Κωνσταντινούπολης: τοπογραφία, λειτουργίες, συμβολισμοί"
Dimitrios Th. Chatzilazarou / Δημήτριος Θ. Χατζηλαζάρου,
Η Βασίλειος Στοά και η σύνθεση του μνημειακού κέντρου της Κωνσταντινούπολης: τοπογραφία, λειτουργίες, συμβολισμοί
Athen 2024
ISBN 978-960-386-690-9
619 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 29 x 21,5 cm; broschiert/paperback
The purpose of this dissertation is the study of the topographical,
functional and symbolical synthesis of the monumental center of
Constantinople - the complex which surrounded the Sacred Palace -
through the restoration of one of its most important monuments, the
Basilica or Basileios Stoa, the seat of the higher education, the
public Library, the Courts of justice and the Temple of Tyche.
The
monumental center of Constantinople is defined as an urban and
symbolical space, the functional synthesis of which was affected by
the tradition of the royal cities of the Greco-Roman world, where
monumental centers were located around the royal palaces housing
important public functions. Moreover the Basileios Stoa is restored
as the ancient ‘’Megiste Tetrastoos Agora’’ which was renamed
and renovated during the reign of the Constantinian dynasty as the
seat of higher education and justice. The location of the Schools and
the Library to the Basileios Stoa reveals the intention of
Constantine and his successors to create an intellectual center close
to the Sacred Palace according to the tradition of the Hellenistic
royal palaces, especially the one of Alexandria. Furthermore the
functional and symbolical character of the monumental center of
Constantinople was formed around the notion of wisdom by the
dedication of its Cathedral to the Wisdom of God along with the
juxtaposition of educational functions and symbols of the Greco-roman
world. This process was directly related to the evolution of imperial
ideology during the second and third quarter of the 4th century.
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