10 10 2013 http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/889c7e53cb41b5d1438cd5f65e6c1a0a.jpg 9f493b8cf38992adb0835f6ed71bbfd6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bachtsetzis Residence (1995). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context XNP.03.02.01_800 Caption Caption of Images Κέντρο Πολιτισμού Δήμου Ξάνθης, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 Point belong to a POI Latitude 41.143818 Longitude 24.887706 Characterization ATH MobileContent In 1979, the property is purchased by Manos Hadjidakis. The famous composer who was born in Xanthi, was dreaming to create the “Musical Feasts” of the city therefore he was searching for a building in order to host their “organisational” needs. He didn’t manage to maintain the building neither to fulfil his dream for his hometown as his interest was quickly faded away since the local authorities didn’t support his efforts. Thus, in 1982, the building was sold again. SpeechContent Text for Innoetics In 1979,, the property is purchased by Manos Hadjidakis. The famous composer,, who was born in Xanthi,, was dreaming to create the “Musical Feasts” of the city,, therefore,, he was searching for a building in order to host their “organisational” needs. He didn’t manage to maintain the building,, neither to fulfil his dream for his hometown,, as his interest was quickly faded away since the local authorities didn’t support his efforts. Thus,, in 1982,, the building was sold again. TextDuration 0:38 Entrance no Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baschetzis’ residence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context XNP.03.02.01 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. XNP.03 Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/f1ce83e9aa79e23cac1fa520c46281bb.jpg 98c71608079010d04ddf6db5e12d3868 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bachtsetzis Residence. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context XNP.03.03.01_800 Caption Caption of Images Χρήστος Πάντσογλου Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 Point belong to a POI Latitude 41.143818 Longitude 24.887706 Characterization ATH MobileContent Until today the building remains uninhabited. SpeechContent Text for Innoetics Until today,, the building remains uninhabited. TextDuration 0:03 Entrance no Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baschetzis’ residence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context XNP.03.03.01 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. XNP.03 Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/e76e3f16ee7ded0e32fcf1b03f6dfaee.jpg 90039430ecd96bfb103143b760f6177a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The baths. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.00.01 Caption Caption of Images Χρήστος Πάντσογλου http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/2a926979a0c881dad92a07cf1c7c58d8.jpg 5ffaa402aabaa9bc0529283a701cc355 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Drawing of the baths. 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Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 POI Point of Interest Latitude 40.932114 Longitude 24.971725 Characterization AH WebContent Baths The baths which were found in the western interior side of Polystylon walls. In the Byzantine Polystylon, one of the oldest buildings, now in ruins, it's this small bath. It is dated in the 4th-5th century. Public baths during the Roman era and also in Byzantine times were of particular importance for the social life of the inhabitants of a city. As distinguished in the given figure,the baths consist of three distinct areas: the entrance and the bathers locker, the middle main space, with very thick walls and with a raised floor (hypocaust), which are the main heated baths,and on the south side,it is the third space,the focal point of the baths, which provides with warm air and water, the bathroom areas. The middle room (caldarium) has dimensions 4,05m x 2,65m and retains some of the hypocaust. Specifically, two rows of brick, four-sided small pillars on the floor, with four small pillars,each with 0,47m height are preserved. The room seems it had seven sets with four or five small pillars in each row. The bottom of the hypocaust is paved with clay tiles.A clay square cross-section pipe for the air drawing enters the eastern wall of the room, covered with stone slabs without mortar. Finally, on the south side of the baths,there is the "focal point" with the feeding tube (praefurnium), in which two building phases are distinguished. The south wall and a small section of the eastern wall belong to the first phase. The baths date approximately in the 4th century. However, two bronze Aurelian coins (270-275 AD), were found in the mortar of the south wall of the south space during the second building phase, a fact which shifts probably earlier the constuction of this public bath. Entrance no Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baths Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. ABD Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/67414c50314d797c93e420c307cdae0a.jpg acd482f6886a9ade94a0ce3bf9891710 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The baths. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.00.01_800 Caption Caption of Images Χρήστος Πάντσογλου Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 Point belong to a POI Latitude 40.932114 Longitude 24.971725 MobileContent The baths which were found in the western interior side of Polystylon walls. SpeechContent Text for Innoetics We are in front of the baths,, which were found in the western interior side of Polystylon walls. TextDuration 0:06 Entrance no Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baths Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.00.01 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. ABD.08 Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/ae3d91a7aa0d40e944435f0cd91aa542.jpg 60ab0699f89a5b9f9a125412d71e6c1a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Drawing of the baths. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.01.01_800 Caption Caption of Images ΠΑΕ 1983 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 Point belong to a POI Latitude 40.932114 Longitude 24.971725 MobileContent In the Byzantine Polystylon, one of the oldest buildings, now in ruins, it's this small bath. It is dated in the 4th-5th century. Public baths during the Roman era and also in Byzantine times were of particular importance for the social life of the inhabitants of a city. As distinguished in the given figure,the baths consist of three distinct areas: the entrance and the bathers locker, the middle main space, with very thick walls and with a raised floor (hypocaust), which are the main heated baths,and on the south side,it is the third space,the focal point of the baths, which provides with warm air and water, the bathroom areas. SpeechContent Text for Innoetics And now,,on the topographic profile,,we can see the remains of an early Christian building. We are in front of the baths. It is a very interesting building,, since in the Byzantine Polystylon, one of the oldest buildings, now in ruins,, it's this small bath. It is dated in the 4th-5th century. Public baths,,during the Roman era and also in Byzantine times,,were of particular importance for the social life of the inhabitants of a city. As distinguished in the given figure,, the baths consist of three distinct areas,: the entrance and the bathers locker, the middle main space, with very thick walls and with a raised floor, which are the main heated baths,,and on the south side, it is the third space,,the focal point of the baths, which provides with warm air and water the bathroom areas. TextDuration 0:49 Entrance no Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baths Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.01.01 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. ABD.08 Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/1252a1fa5c0679184d0b27dadbe443b1.jpg 7b082c8889ebb9aa3e2d2655b1fa5c3c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Drawing of baths. Middle space. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.02.01_800 Caption Caption of Images ΠΑΕ 1983 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 Point belong to a POI Latitude 40.932114 Longitude 24.971725 MobileContent The middle room (caldarium) has dimensions 4,05m x 2,65m and retains some of the hypocaust. Specifically, two rows of brick, four-sided small pillars on the floor, with four small pillars,each with 0,47m height are preserved. The room seems it had seven sets with four or five small pillars in each row. The bottom of the hypocaust is paved with clay tiles. A clay square cross-section pipe for the air drawing enters the eastern wall of the room, covered with stone slabs without mortar. SpeechContent Text for Innoetics Notice now,,on the floor plan, the middle main area of the bath. The middle room, has dimensions 4,05m x 2,65m ,and retains some of the hypocaust. Specifically,, two rows of brick four-sided small pillars on the floor, with four small pillars,,each with 0,47m height, are preserved. The room, seems it had seven sets,with four or five small pillars in each row. The bottom of the hypocaust,is paved with clay tiles. A clay square cross-section pipe for the air drawing, enters the eastern wall of the room, covered with stone slabs, without mortar. TextDuration 0:41 Entrance no Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baths Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.02.01 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. ABD.08 Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/eeae27f580cc6960d18a96be2d5faa7b.jpg c8622666f5e024b6c51a824e79e4c60c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Drawing of the baths. Hearth. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.03.01_800 Caption Caption of Images ΠΑΕ 1983 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 Point belong to a POI Latitude 40.932114 Longitude 24.971725 MobileContent Finally, on the south side of the baths,there is the "focal point" with the feeding tube (praefurnium), in which two building phases are distinguished. The south wall and a small section of the eastern wall belong to the first phase. The baths date approximately in the 4th century. However, two bronze Aurelian coins (270-275 AD), were found in the mortar of the south wall of the south space during the second building phase, a fact which shifts probably earlier the constuction of this public bath. SpeechContent Text for Innoetics Finally,,observe on the floor plan,,the south side,where there is the "focal point" with the feeding tube,in which two building phases are distinguished. The south wall,and a small section of the eastern wall,belong to the first phase. The baths,,date approximately in the 4th century. However,,two bronze Aurelian coins, were found in the mortar of the south wall of the south space,,during the second building phase,,a fact,which shifts probably earlier the constuction of this public bath. TextDuration 0:30 Entrance no Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baths Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.08.03.01 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. ABD.08 Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/9696cd3ddf97cd25e73f701ed94b10f6.jpg b646932a69c80dbd4ae288b13803d7a3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View from the Byzantine acropolis of Polystylon. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.00.01 Caption Caption of Images Χρήστος Πάντσογλου http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/7f24f4713569b5df21ca7d8f9b44ec03.jpg 4cca27b7bdd13484fc4b63224e48298e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View from the Byzantine acropolis of Polystylon. In the background the island of Thassos. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.01.01 Caption Caption of Images Πηγές: ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΟΔΗΓΟΣ "ΑΒΔΗΡΑ ΠΟΛΥΣΤΥΛΟ" Ντίνα Καλλιντζή, Αρχαιολόγος Δόμνα Τερζοπούλου Αρχαιολοόγος Νίκος Ζήκος Αρχαιολόγος http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/0d5beeb496f0cdc5085df037eff0c9db.jpg 9f39a9c0459620df6ab06718736fe8e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ground plan of the Byzantine Polystylon. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.02.01 Caption Caption of Images Αρχείο ΕΦΑ Ξάνθης http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/8d2fb2ada872392f816b57135579fe9c.jpg eca3ec4c9969d5963966bd188df75eda Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byzantine Polystylon. Baths. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.02.02 Caption Caption of Images Αρχείο ΕΦΑ Ξάνθης http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/241988a980b480dc4cffe49dd2800521.jpg 0141f5ec356716eb4f30489280f9c2ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byzantine Polystylon. Episcopal Church. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.02.03 Caption Caption of Images Αρχείο ΕΦΑ Ξάνθης http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/c4331aa6c6f268ff6542f3813681e0f9.jpg 481b9e04a7c4152fb65585eac7d8ecaa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byzantine Polystylon. Octagonal Baptistery. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.02.04 Caption Caption of Images Αρχείο ΕΦΑ Ξάνθης http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/ac3bf75f426ff3441b53895c77428a0e.jpg 2373bb329d71f0f7360a207d16dbd308 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byzantine Polystylon. Cemetery Church. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.02.05 Caption Caption of Images Αρχείο ΕΦΑ Ξάνθης http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/456d7b517a415de68d8bc3b733c06a76.jpg f12c42be5f176b55c490eb2840d0223d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byzantine Polystylon. View from 1904. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.03.01 Caption Caption of Images Δημήτρης Μαυρίδης Αρχείο Τάσου Τεφρωνίδη http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/52cb7a918be9a47f8b1c5aa5cfb07c0f.jpg 42c06d48c621c9ee37707ec568ba6673 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Abdera in 1960. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.03.02 Caption Caption of Images Αρχείο Τάσου Τεφρωνίδη Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 POI Point of Interest Latitude 40.933183 Longitude 24.972583 Characterization AH WebContent In Byzantine times, Abdera was renamed into Polystylon (which means many coloumns), probably from the many ruins that there were generally at that time and mainly from ancient columns (pillars) transported from the area. The city was shrinking in size and in population compared to the ancient city and is limited to a small township near the ancient port where the acropolis of ancient Abdera was. The Polystylon was mentioned in written sources for the first time, in 879 AD, as an episcopal seat, at the meeting in Istanbul, which was then subject to the Metropolis of Philippi. Much later, in 1365 - 1370, the bishopric was distracted from Philippi because of the distance and was attached to the archbishopric of Maronia. It is known from sources that Peter is the last bishop Polystylon, who signed a document on the ownership of small monasteries of Saints Constantine and Helen, which were in Thassos, in 1363. The archaeological research in the area of ​​ancient Abdera started in 1950 by Dimitrios Lazaridis. But systematically, the Polystylon was excavated between 1982 and 1986 under the program "Thrace" of the Archaeological Society, headed by Charalambos Bakirtzi, Superintendent of the 12th Committee of Byzantine Antiquities at that time and under the supervision of Professor George Bakalaki. The study was continued in the years 1990 - 1995 by the same Committee by the archaeologist Stavroula Dadaki, who supervised also the work carried out in the years 1997 - 1999 under the Second Community Support Framework. All these excavations revealed the following: 1. the outer fortification wall 2. part of the rampart of fortification 3. intra-urban internal transverse walls 4. the Episcopal church of the city 5. The single-nave church Cemetery 6. aisled basilica with a cemetery outside the walls, in front of the Western Gate of the ancient city and in the current archaeological site of Abdera 7. the Late Roman baths At the byzantine Polystlon, were excavated by chronological order, a bath inside the western part of the wall. Episcopal Church, in the eastern part of Polystylon. Octagonal Baptistery, attached to the northern wall of the Episcopal Church. Simple, one-room, Byzantine cemetery church, south of the tower A. Here is the site of ancient Abdera.One of the images was taken in Thrace, in 1904, by the founder of the Christian Archaeological Society, George Lampakis. The extent of the area included in the photo,reminds us of the ancient times,and of the malicious recommendation of the cynic philosopher Diogenes, to the people of Abdera: that is to be careful,not to let the city out,from the arrogantly big and spacious gate,that they had built at the walls of their city. However,we should imagine that the extent of the ancient city,was much larger than that shown in the photo of Lampakis. Here is a view of the coastline up to the Delta of Nestos, from the archaeological site, in the 1960s. Entrance no JTILink http://www.jti-rhodope.eu/poi.php?poi_id=1_373&lang=en JTIContent The Byzantine township of Polystylon occupies the acropolis of the ancient city of Abdera. Its defences, approximately 800 metres long, follow more or less the contours of the hill. Built on bedrock and, at places, over the Classical defences, their width varies from 2.40 to 3.50 metres, depending on whether the wall is single (north and south sides) or double (northwest side). Several rectangular towers and an outer wall along the more vulnerable, northwest side complete the Byzantine system, while two gates on the north wall and a small one on the west allowed access into the town. Within the defences, an internal wall divides the town into two roughly equal parts, while a second one forms, together with the eastern defence wall, the Byzantine acropolis with its two towers dating to the years of John Kantakouzenos. Recent excavation revealed a series of religious and public buildings of the Byzantine period. One of the latter, located in the west part of the acropolis, is a rectangular bath building, with three rooms, of which the middle one was heated. Near the main north gate is a single-aisled church, its dome supported by four shallow arches. The church stands in the middle of a cemetery with simple cist graves containing wooden coffins. The church was built in the twelfth century and destroyed in the fourteenth. The middle section of the settlement, at the peak of the acropolis hill, contained the episcopal church. This Middle-Byzantine basilica consisted of a portico, a narthex, a naos divided into three aisles by two rows of massive pillars, and a sanctuary. Under the floor of large marble slabs of various sizes were contemporary and later graves. A square room at the northwest corner of the church is interpreted as the bishop's quarters. The episcopal church was built in the ninth century and destroyed in the mid-fourteenth century. It was founded over the remnants of an earlier three-aisled basilica, of which parts are still visible in the central and south aisle. The baptistery at the northeast corner of the church, with its cruciform baptismal font, belongs to the earlier building. Between the baptistery and the bishop's quarters is a portico used for burials. Two built graves erected against the north wall of the church are thought to belong to important people. It is here that a painted rosette within a cross of the eleventh-early twelfth century was found; it is now in the Abdera Archaeological Museum. Around the church are partially excavated houses and various other buildings that have not been investigated yet. North of the acropolis, outside the defences and near the west gate of the Classical defences, are the remains of the earliest (ninth century AD) cemetery of the Byzantine settlement. Several cist graves are visible today. The funerary three-aisled basilica shows four occupation phases.Service Unit: LA Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical AntiquitiesTel.: +302541051003Source: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh352.jsp?obj_id=59... Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byzantine Acropolis of Polystylon Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. ABD Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/850e084c246b86e88fa2cd13982bae05.jpg 97dccee73f8a7449e0c42eed5ca2dddc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View from the Byzantine acropolis of Polystylon. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.00.01_800 Caption Caption of Images Χρήστος Πάντσογλου Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 Point belong to a POI Latitude 40.933183 Longitude 24.972583 Characterization H MobileContent The most suitable seasons to visit the area are: winter, spring and late autumn, when the crops and native vegetation is quite low. Visitors of the site, can follow a circular route for the tour: starting from the west and from the city walls and ending east, on the hilltop, where the Episcopal Church and the Baptistery are. You are on the road leading to the city walls. SpeechContent Text for Innoetics The most suitable seasons to visit the area are: winter, spring and late autumn, when the crops and native vegetation are quite low. Visitors of the site,,can follow a circular route for the tour: starting from the west and from the city walls and ending east on the hilltop, where the Episcopal Church and the Baptistery are. You are on the road leading to the city walls. TextDuration 0:22 Entrance no Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byzantine Acropolis of Polystylon Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.00.01 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. ABD.06 Language A language of the resource en http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/files/original/2ac0725990620f1e505a5d14e4e5a684.jpg b0b958d36c523fa6a7de75d3272a30ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View from the Byzantine acropolis of Polystylon. In the background the island of Thassos. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.01.01_800 Caption Caption of Images Πηγές: ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΟΔΗΓΟΣ "ΑΒΔΗΡΑ ΠΟΛΥΣΤΥΛΟ" Ντίνα Καλλιντζή, Αρχαιολόγος Δόμνα Τερζοπούλου Αρχαιολοόγος Νίκος Ζήκος Αρχαιολόγος Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource iGuide-en Description An account of the resource iGuide english Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 02 Point belong to a POI Latitude 40.933183 Longitude 24.972583 Characterization H MobileContent In Byzantine times, Abdera was renamed into Polystylon (which means many coloumns), probably from the many ruins that there were generally at that time and mainly from ancient columns (pillars) transported from the area. The city was shrinking in size and in population compared to the ancient city and is limited to a small township near the ancient port where the acropolis of ancient Abdera was. The Polystylon was mentioned in written sources for the first time, in 879 AD, as an episcopal seat, at the meeting in Istanbul, which was then subject to the Metropolis of Philippi. Much later, in 1365 - 1370, the bishopric was distracted from Philippi because of the distance and was attached to the archbishopric of Maronia. It is known from sources that Peter is the last bishop Polystylon, who signed a document on the ownership of small monasteries of Saints Constantine and Helen, which were in Thassos, in 1363. SpeechContent Text for Innoetics However,, Abdera had not only history and life in ancient times. The place was still inhabited,, after the end of antiquity. In Byzantine times, Abdera was renamed into Polystylon,(which means many columns), probably from the many ruins that there were generally at that time, and mainly from the ancient columns transported from the area. The city,,was shrinking in size and in population compared to the ancient city,and was limited to a small township near the ancient port,where the acropolis of ancient Abdera was. The Polystylon,,was mentioned in written sources for the first time, in 879 AD, as an episcopal seat at the meeting in Istanbul, which was then subject to the Metropolis of Philippi. Much later, in 1365 - 1370, the bishopric was distracted from Philippi because of the distance and was attached to the archbishopric of Maronia. It is known from sources,,that Peter is the last bishop Polystylon, who signed a document on the ownership of the small monasteries of Saints Constantine and Helen, which were in Thassos, in 1363. TextDuration 1:08 Entrance no JTILink http://www.jti-rhodope.eu/poi.php?poi_id=1_373&lang=en JTIContent The Byzantine township of Polystylon occupies the acropolis of the ancient city of Abdera. Its defences, approximately 800 metres long, follow more or less the contours of the hill. Built on bedrock and, at places, over the Classical defences, their width varies from 2.40 to 3.50 metres, depending on whether the wall is single (north and south sides) or double (northwest side). Several rectangular towers and an outer wall along the more vulnerable, northwest side complete the Byzantine system, while two gates on the north wall and a small one on the west allowed access into the town. Within the defences, an internal wall divides the town into two roughly equal parts, while a second one forms, together with the eastern defence wall, the Byzantine acropolis with its two towers dating to the years of John Kantakouzenos. Recent excavation revealed a series of religious and public buildings of the Byzantine period. One of the latter, located in the west part of the acropolis, is a rectangular bath building, with three rooms, of which the middle one was heated. Near the main north gate is a single-aisled church, its dome supported by four shallow arches. The church stands in the middle of a cemetery with simple cist graves containing wooden coffins. The church was built in the twelfth century and destroyed in the fourteenth. The middle section of the settlement, at the peak of the acropolis hill, contained the episcopal church. This Middle-Byzantine basilica consisted of a portico, a narthex, a naos divided into three aisles by two rows of massive pillars, and a sanctuary. Under the floor of large marble slabs of various sizes were contemporary and later graves. A square room at the northwest corner of the church is interpreted as the bishop's quarters. The episcopal church was built in the ninth century and destroyed in the mid-fourteenth century. It was founded over the remnants of an earlier three-aisled basilica, of which parts are still visible in the central and south aisle. The baptistery at the northeast corner of the church, with its cruciform baptismal font, belongs to the earlier building. Between the baptistery and the bishop's quarters is a portico used for burials. Two built graves erected against the north wall of the church are thought to belong to important people. It is here that a painted rosette within a cross of the eleventh-early twelfth century was found; it is now in the Abdera Archaeological Museum. Around the church are partially excavated houses and various other buildings that have not been investigated yet. North of the acropolis, outside the defences and near the west gate of the Classical defences, are the remains of the earliest (ninth century AD) cemetery of the Byzantine settlement. Several cist graves are visible today. The funerary three-aisled basilica shows four occupation phases.Service Unit: LA Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical AntiquitiesTel.: +302541051003Source: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh352.jsp?obj_id=59... Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byzantine Acropolis of Polystylon Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABD.06.01.01 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. ABD.06 Language A language of the resource en