Hagia Paraskevi, Platsa
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
| Reference No. | BRF/02/01/14/076 |
| Level | Item |
| Place |
Mani |
| Dates | 1909? |
| Donor/Creator |
Traquair, Mr Ramsay |
| Scope and Content | West façade. The photograph is annotated in pencil at the back. |
| Further information | The area in the middle of the Peloponnese, on the Laconia/Messinia border, was known as early as the 10th c. as the ‘Mani’. It was occupied by the Slavs in the early medieval period and was christianised in the 10th c. by Hosios Nikon. There are scores of Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches in the Mani: the first major phase of building activity in the region seems to run from the late 10th to the later 12th c. The small church of Hagia Paraskevi at Platsa (1412) is a simple cross-vaulted building that terminates in a polygonal apse. In the cross-gable ends are narrow windows with brick arches, over the west door three niches form a gable window with flanking half arches. Brick dentil courses decorate the irregular rough masonry. The church is decorated with fifteenth-century wall-paintings. |
| Reference |
1909. BSA 15: pl.14e. Link to article |