Autore: N. Masturzo

Scarica l’articolo in formato .pdf: The architecture of tetraconch churches: Bosra and the Syrian examples of Apamea and Seleucia of Pièría, with some reflections on Milan. Plans and ideal schemes

This study examines examples of ‘centralised plan’ churches, which are characterised by a symmetrical layout derived from a central point, in the particular design commonly known as ‘aisled tetraconc’ due to their distinctive shape, featuring four semicircles along the four main axes. The church of Saints Sergius, Bacchus and Leontius in Bosra, Hauran region, southern Syria, is examined in detail. Using documentation produced by European scholars between the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as examining the preserved remains, a hypothesis has been proposed for reconstructing the church’s elevation. The plans of other Syrian tetraconch churches enable the definition of their design methods and allow a relationship to be proposed with the Milanese church of San Lorenzo.