So-called West Church in Apollonia
Creators: Valeria Vitale
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/876619727
32.9014298, 21.966212
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the so-called West Church in Apollonia (30 BC - AD 640)
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- Basilica Occidentale (Italian, modern)
- Casa del Battistero (Italian, modern)
- Casa della Basilica Occidentale (Italian, modern)
- West Church (English, modern)
- So-called West Church in Apollonia connection Apollonia/Sozousa (unspecified date range)
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basilica, architectural complex
Pleiades
The site was already mentioned in a 1828 survey, but was excavated only in 1958-9. The many irregularities in the layout suggest the continuous re-use and adaptation of previous architectural elements, from Roman to Late Antique times.
Valeria Vitale, and Jeffrey Becker, 'So-called West Church in Apollonia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/876619727> [accessed: 28 January 2023]
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