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The interior of the Byzantine tower built into the Hellenistic building on the North Hill of Stageira. |
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The tower was built during the Middle Byzantine period (10-11th centuries AD) with stone taken from more ancient buildings. Its walls still stand to around 2 metres high.
On the left of the photo, part of a ancient rectangular marble mosaic floor can be seen (see below). In the centre of the mosaic floor is a rectangular space thought to have been occupied by a 6th century BC altar (see below). The floor of the tower's interior is littered with large stones, one of which (centre of the photo) seems far too large to have been used in the masonry. |
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Detail of the rectangular marble mosaic floor inside the Bytantine tower.
The term mosaic here refers to a surface covered with pieces of stone set
into earth or some kind of cement. This ancient paving technique was to
develop into the art of pictorial mosaics, known as "the Greek art", during
Classical and Hellenistic times.
See also the stone pavement in the Stageira agora on gallery page 22. |
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The rectangular space in the mosaic floor thought to have been occupied
by an Archaic altar of the 6th century BC. |
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More photos and information about mosaics
on My Favourite Planet
Hellenistic mosaics at Pella, Macedonia, Greece, in the Pella photo gallery.
A Hellenistic mosaic from Pergamon, Turkey, now in the Pergamon Museum,
Berlin in Pergamon photo gallery 2.
"Choklakia" pebble mosaics in Kastellorizo, Greece,
in the Kastellorizo photo gallery. |
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