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If there are no preserved ancient temples in your country, do not worry - perhaps an ordinary village church will turn out to be built according to the precepts of Vitruvius.
An unknown Byzantine building discovered a few months ago in Antioch after removing the rubble left behind by the 2023 earthquake.

Considering how little is left of the ancient city, this find is a real treasure.
The monastery of Naupara is one of the smallest and therefore little-known monuments of the Moravian school, the last artistic style of pre-Ottoman Serbia that existed in the late Middle Ages.

However, lacking in size, it certainly does not lack in craftsmanship - revealing the beauty of this bizarre mixture of Byzantine, Gothic and folk Slavic traditions.
A spiritual and educational centre in Vladikavkaz, Russia, opened a few years ago in a restored diocesan building.
The XIX century Katouni bridge - one of the largest stone bridges in Greece.
Recently restored alongside other building of the Negoești monastery, its catholicon externally looks like a typical specimen of eclectics. However, the sides of the building, not so radically rebuilt, reveal its true age - the church was constructed in the XVII century.
Surviving only partially, the beautiful frescoes of the Resurrection of Christ church in Burmakino, Russia.

Upon the revival of the church, preserved frescoes were conserved.
The Folk's Library in Kikinda, Serbia, housed in an old mansion.

At first glance, this may seem like a typical small-town example of a relatively recent public organization housed in a fashionable building - but although the mansion did not originally belong to the library, it was established in the middle of the XIX century.
Neobyzantics of the XX century beginning - the Dormition of Theotokos church in Ruse, Bulgaria.
Maryino Estate of Stroganovs - one of the best-preserved manors of the St. Petersburg region.
In a ruined Byzantine chapel in Delphi, Greece.
In the Soviet times, the Nichbisi castle in Georgia endured quite a suffering - which resulted in many of its buildings, especially the lord's manor, being ruined.

However, the bath of the castle, which was built according to the oriental tradition and is quite interesting for that reason, was relatively well preserved.
2025/04/05 16:30:29
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