Venetian Cathedral
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
| Reference No. | BRF/02/01/16/029 |
| Level | Item |
| Place |
Náxos Naxos Island |
| Dates | ca. 1913 |
| Donor/Creator |
Wace, Mr Alan John Bayard |
| Scope and Content | Detail of door decoration. This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2826). It is initialed (A.J.B.Wace) and annotated in pencil at the back. |
| Further information | Naxos and Paros were the two central islands of the Duchy of the Archipelago (or of Naxos or of the Aegean) which was established by Italian city states, especially Genoa, Pisa and Venice, in the Aegean after the siege of Constantinople in 1204. Marco Sanudo, nephew of Enrico Dandolo, who had established himself as the Duke of Naxia or of the Archipelagos, conquered the island in 1210, divided it into provinces and rebuilt its fortifications. The Catholic cathedral located on the central square of the castle is a baroque building decorated with lavish marble on the pavement (opus sectile) and valuable icons. The Greek Orthodox communities continued, however, to resist and established themselves around the fortress of Apalyros/Apalire which later fell to Sanudo too. |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/1009.2826], Naxos (town): Door of Roman Catholic French cathedral, 1907
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