Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken (Apr 2015)
THE MONASTERY OF IOANNES THEOLOGOS PELEKETE (HAGIA YANNI) IN TRIGLEIA: HISTORY, EXISTING ARCHITECTURE AND FUTURE
Abstract
One of the most important issues about the extant structures came from the early middle age is facing the danger of diappearence by time. The earlier the period the changes can be much more that these structures have been through. In this context, as an early medieval Byzantine structure Trigleia Ioannes Theologos Monastery is one of the structures damaged by the extant. Within this research, monastery’s historical process is examined from the sources and architectural state of monastery is determined at the present time. The main purpose of the research is to evaluate the changes that have been made and the destructions that have been done in Monastery in terms of architecture until present time. In the methodology, monastery have been examined from the resources and then architectural dimensions have been taken on the monastic area. The current state of the monastery have been photographed so that the changes since recent studies are documented. Monastery structures subsequently used for different purposes depending on their usage and modification in architecture to serve this way of use have been determined. Some of these applications, have been beneficial in maintaining monastery plan schemas. Also in the determination of basic ruins and drawing monastic plan, which is a great benefit for the removal of the original with contemporary wall architecture has facilitated the detection of the ruins periodically. The resulting inferences, from the group of monastic structures available today in the best condition of the structure has been determined to be the church. Most of the the other buildings were destroyed. But from the basic level up to the section of the wall to flooding remains some were completed with the nineteenth century architectural design of the walls. This monastery is located on private estate and can be regarded as irrelevant and neglected. Buildings that have been used as stables until recently are evacuated today. The study is also valuable in the terms of the research of the history and the current status and reveal the plan of the monastery.
