Hagios Dionysios Areopagites
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
| Reference No. | BRF/01/01/01/025 |
| Level | Item |
| Place |
Hagios Dionysios Areopagites Athens |
| Dates | 1888-1890 |
| Donor/Creator |
Weir Schultz, Mr Robert Barnsley, Mr Sidney Howard |
| Scope and Content | Ground plan. The drawing is entitled: 'Church of St Dionysius Areopagite'. Further annotation in pencil survives. |
| Further information | Very little survives now of the Byzantine (10th c.?) church of Hagios Dionysios at Areos Pagos. The ruins indicate that the church must have followed the architectural type of a three-aisled basilica with narthex very similar to that of the Pantanassa church (Megalo Monastiri). A small chapel was attached to the ruinous building during the period of the Ottoman occupation. The church must have served as a burial/mortuary monument: a considerable number of tombs have been excavated under the church floor. |