Byzantine architecture: Quick Facts

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The Byzantine Church of Ayios Dimitrios in Thessaloniki, Greece, features a brick facade with arched windows, a bell tower, and a courtyard with potted plants.

Figure 201: Interplay between architecture and mosaics in the monastery church at Daphni, Greece, 11th century, crowned with a Byzantine dome mosaic Christ Pantokrator.

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