L’église Sainte Sophie de Trébizonde – un repère dans l’architecture religieuse byzantine

Abstract

The historical monument presented in this study is considered by specialists a true landmark in the Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture.The Church of St. Sophia in Trabzon, restored in the mid-twentieth century by specialists from the UK, is now a real attraction not only for historians, but also for tourists because an unique historical, artistic, iconographic and theological message. Basically, this message is given by an iconography program from the 13th century.

Keywords

• Sainte Sophie de Trébizonde
• Sainte Sophie de Constantinople
• Alexios Comnène
• crusade
• religious architecture
• mural painting