Down the hill from Aya Sofya and in the shadow of the restored Sarapdar Hasan Bey Camii are the fragmented remains of a funerary church in the shape of a tetraconch. It must have been a pretty building once but most now lies beneath recent construction.
Aboveground remains of the Tetraconch
Some of the four-bay structure can be inferred from detail on the remaining brickwork
Top of arch, hinting at what may remain in case an excavation is ever authorised
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This is a plan of the Tetraconch at Labraunda (Henry, 2016). It appears to be similar in plan to the one at Vize.
Henry, Olivier (2016) Tetraconch Bath, Labraunda. IFEA, Istanbul. Available online at: http://www.labraunda.org/Labraunda.org/Tetraconch_bath_eng.html Accessed 13th June 2016
Ötüken, Y. and R. Ousterhout (1989) Notes on the Monuments of Turkish Thrace. Anatolian Studies Vol 39 pp 121 – 149. British Institute at Ankara. Available online at: https://www.academia.edu/4462800 [1]/Notes_on_the_Monuments_of_Turkish_Thrace [1] Accessed 7th Feb 2016
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