b y z a n t i u m

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium). It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
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Único retrato conocido del último emperador bizantino Constantino XI Paleólogo (r. 1449-1453) descubierto en el Antiguo Monasterio de Taxiarches en Aigialeia, Grecia Occidental. La pintura representa a un hombre barbudo con una corona diademada con un photostefano (disco de halo) detrás de la cabeza. Sostiene un cetro cruciforme y viste un manto púrpura bordado con oro. La prenda está decorada con medallones, entre los que destaca un águila bicéfala, emblema de los emperadores de la dinastía Paleólogo y de los miembros más importantes de la familia imperial. La corona entre las dos cabezas identifica al sujeto como el propio emperador. - Detalle. © The History Blog
Byzantine Large Gold, Garnet and Glass Bead Earrings, 6th-8th century AD
Byzantine Large Gold, Garnet and Glass Bead Earrings, 6th-8th century AD
Ακέραιος τάφος της Παλαιοχριστιανικής περιόδου – Βυζαντινό Μουσείο Βέροιας
Ευαγγελιστάριο από περγαμηνή – Βυζαντινό Μουσείο Βέροιας
Ευαγγελιστάριο από περγαμηνή – Βυζαντινό Μουσείο Βέροιας
Gaspare Fossati - Hagia Sophia
The painting is of Richard the Lionheart receiving the Lord's Supper in Hagia Sophia. It was painted by Gaspare Fossati in 1849, and it is currently held in the Swiss National Museum.