Agios Thomas, Tanagra, Boeotia,Central Greece
Chapel of Agios Thonas
| Location: |
| North of the village Agios Thomas in Boeotia close to Asopos river |
| Region > Prefecture: |  |
| Central Greece Boeotia | |
| Municipality > Town: | |
| City of Tanagra • Agios Thomas | |
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Elevation ≈ 90 m (Relative Height≈0 m) |
| Time of Construction | Origin | |
| 12th century | BYZANTINE  |
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| Castle Type | Condition | |
| Fortified Church |
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History
The history of the monument, in short:
Initially it was a Byzantine church of the 12th century in the place, probably, of an early-Christian temple. During the Frankish period, two or three floors were added and the building became a tower, while the church remained in use in the ground floor. In the beginning of the 20th century the upper Frankish construction was demolished and the church obtained its current shape. A dome was added then, like the one in the original chapel.
Structure, Fortification & Buildings
It is an almost square building with dimensions at the base 7.88m✖7.76m.
The walls at the lower layers have been built with ancient spolia from the neighboring site of ancient Tanagra. The higher layers are bricks and mortar, a characteristic of the middle-Byzantine period.
| First entry in Kastrologos: | July 2016 |
Sources
- Pictures from Panoramio, user agiosthomas
- Website Αγιος Θωμας - Εκκλησίες>Αγιος Θωμάς
- William Martin Leake “Travels in Northern Greece”, 1835
- Σιμάτου Α. Μ., Χριστοδουλοπούλου Ρ., «Άγιος Θωμάς Τανάγρας», Λαμπηδών. Αθήνα 2003.
- Information sent by Mr. Ioannis Dedes
- Δημήτριος Περσέας Λουκίσσας, ΒΟΙΩΤΙΚΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ, Οδοιπορικό στη γη του Κάδμου, Ιδεών Άντρον, Αθήνα
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| Entrance: |
| Free access |
