Building, usually a church or other religious building, with four apses
The plan of Zvartnots Cathedral, Armenia, 7th-century
A tetraconch, from the Greek for "four shells", is a building, usually a church or other religious building, with four apses, one in each direction, usually of equal size. The basic ground plan of the building is therefore a Greek cross. They are most common in Byzantine, and related schools such as Armenian and Georgian architecture. It has been argued that they were developed in these areas or Syria, and the issue is a matter of contention between the two nations in the Caucasus.[1] Apart from churches, the form is suitable for a mausoleum or baptistery. Normally, there will be a higher central dome over the central space.
A tetraconch, from the Greek for "four shells", is a building, usually a church or other religious building, with four apses, one in each direction, usually...
Eastern Orthodox forms of church architecture this is likely to mean a tetraconch plan, a Greek cross, with arms of equal length or, later, a cross-in-square...
marchland known to Armenians as Tayk and to Georgians as Tao. It is a large tetraconch design, surrounded by a near-rotunda polygonal ambulatory and marked with...
centrally planned, aisled tetraconch layout. The interior of the mosaic-decorated church was built in the shape of a Greek cross (tetraconch), with an aisle encircling...
church is an early example of a "four-apsed church with four niches" domed tetraconch. Between the four apses are three-quarter cylindrical niches, which are...
Arak'elots, the Church of the Holy Apostles. Built in the 930's, it has a tetraconch plan (a square with four semicircular apses) surmounted by a spherical...
heavily than those converted into mosques. It has, or originally had, a tetraconch plan with a central dome enclosed by a tower, which renders it a unicum...
The name "Sioni" derives from Mount Zion at Jerusalem. Ateni is the tetraconch church, typical for the period. Its frescoes are one of the best examples...
member of the Etchmiadzin brotherhood. St. Hripsime Church is a domed tetraconch enclosed in a rectangle, with two angular niches on the northern and southern...
Balderstone, domed centralized plans, whether octagonal, circular, or tetraconch, were "associated with the influence of Arianism in the fourth century...
orientation, and tiered composition, such as the octagon on the quadrangle and tetraconch. The Stroganov Baroque is a conventional form of Moscow Baroque. Four...
Monastery in Mtskheta, and served as a model for the development of the later tetraconch (four-apse) form. [citation needed] The site is ruins today, with only...
earthquake in 1819. The dome of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Milan, a tetraconch building with a central space 23.8 meters square, was rebuilt in the Romanesque...
huge restoration in 1002. The temple has rather unique design. It is a tetraconch, rather common for the churches of the 6th-7th centuries, but unusually...
tapered pillars. Beyond the Summer mosque, is the Winter Mosque, a domed tetraconch building with latticed windows. On the east of the mosque complex, is...
be known as the Church of Holy Apostles. It is a central planned domed tetraconch, and imitates the seventh-century Church of Saint John, Mastara. The main...
village of Ishkhan, and is also known as Nerses III Ishkhanetsi, had a tetraconch plan (a central dome with four apses radiating to the cardinal points)...
The Lekit temple was the basis for the formation of South Caucasian tetraconchs. The church was created on the basis of an ancient Zoroastrian temple...
42.0561°N 45.0994°E / 42.0561; 45.0994 Architecture Type Domed radial tetraconch plan Style Georgian; Church Completed Early 10th century Dome(s) 1...
adopting the facade that is seen today. The chapel consists of an original Tetraconch which is the oldest still existing in Alsace located along the ancient...
beginning of the 11th century, the cathedral of Manglisi, originally a tetraconch, was substantially reconstructed and refurbished. In 1121, the field of...
medieval Christian church in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti. It is a tetraconch with the dome positioned over the centre of the square. Exactly when Dzveli...
Baumgartner in 1990. Of other monuments described by Takaishvili, the domed tetraconch church of St. George of Gogubani or Gogiuba, at Binbaşak, now stands in...
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