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Basilica B, Philippi, Greece. Artist: Samuel Magal

Basilica B, Philippi, Greece. Basilica B, also known by its Turkish name of Direkler, is the largest church in Philippi. Built arouind 560 by an architect from Constantinople over an ancient palaestra, it was designed as a domed basilica on the model of St Sophia in Constantinople, but the dome collapsed and the church was never completed.

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Title: Basilica B, Philippi, Greece. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption: Basilica B, Philippi, Greece. Basilica B, also known by its Turkish name of Direkler, is the largest church in Philippi. Built arouind 560 by an architect from Constantinople over an ancient palaestra, it was designed as a domed basilica on the model of St Sophia in Constantinople, but the dome collapsed and the church was never completed.

Credit: Album / Samuel Magal / Sites & Photos / Heritage Images

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Image size: 5103 × 3415 px | 49.9 MB

Print size: 43.2 × 28.9 cm | 2009.1 × 1344.5 in (300 dpi)

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