Byzantine Art - Finestre sull'Arte

Byzantine Oria: tombs and monumental complexes discovered in Montalbano Park (Brindisi)

A press conference dedicated to the first results of the 2025conducted excavation campaignby theUniversity of Salento in the area of Parco Montalbano in Oria, in the province of Brindisi, was held in Lecce on Tuesday, August 12, at the headquarters o...
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Greece, discovered portrait of Constantine XI, the last emperor of the East

Important find in Greece, where a unique piece of Byzantine history has been unearthed: a portrait of thelast emperor of the East, Constantine XI Paleologus (Constantinople, 1405 - 1453), the Byzantine emperor revered as a saint by the Orthodox Churc...
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An end and not a means. The 100 years of the Ravenna Mosaic School.

Exactly 100 years ago, in 1924, the Mosaic School of theRavenna Academy of Fine Arts was born. To commemorate the centennial (1924-2024), the Academy has initiated a program of initiatives that include reviews, conferences and publications designed t...
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Turin, a major exhibition on the Byzantines at Palazzo Madama with a section dedicated to the Piedmont area

From May 10 to August 28, 2023, Palazzo Madama - Museo Civico d'Arte Antica in Turin hosts the exhibition Byzantines. Places, Symbols and Communities of a Thousand-Year Empire, curated by Federico Marazzi with the contribution of MANN - National Arch...
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At the Archaeological Museum of Naples a major exhibition on the Byzantines. The Vanella Garden will also reopen

From December 7, 2022 to February 13, 2023, the MANN-National Archaeological Museum in Naples will host a major exhibition on the Byzantines, strongly supported by the Campania Region. In the wake of the exhibition dedicated to the Lombards, the exhi...
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