| Department |
Archive |
| Collection |
Byzantine Research Fund |
| Reference No. |
BRF/02/01/16/044 |
| Level |
Item |
| Place |
Sikinos Island
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| Dates |
1907 |
| Donor/Creator |
Wace, Mr Alan John Bayard
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| Scope and Content |
North-west view.
This is a Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2816). It is signed (A.J.B. Wace) and annotated in pencil at the back. |
| Further information |
Sikinos, an island in the north Aegean Sea famous for its wine, was inhabited as early as the Mycenaean period. In 1307, the Byzantines lost the island to the Spanish forces which were trying to establish themselves in the Aegean, and in 1566 it officially became part of the Ottoman Empire. The monastic complex of the Episkopi is built on the north-west side of the island: a temple dedicated to Pythian Apollo was converted into the church of the katholikon by the addition of all necessary features. This conversion was dated to the post-Byzantine period (c. the 17th century). |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/0999.2816], Sikinos (Episkopi Monument): W. end of temple, 1907
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| Reference |
1911. BSA 18: 32, fig.3. Link to article
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