So-called East Church in Apollonia

church · 300 AD – 2100 AD

A Christian church located in the ancient city of Apollonia (Cyrenaica) built approximately in the fifth century A.D., probably on earlier Hellenistic foundations. The site was excavated in 1922 and shows a three-aisled nave with transept at the eastern end, and a single apse. Traces of the mosaic floor are still visible.

Coordinates

32.90235, 21.97083

Also known as

Basilica Orientale (it), Basilica Orientale (it), East Church, Eastern Church (en), East Church, Eastern Church (en), Edificio Pubblico Orientale (it), Edificio Pubblico Orientale (it)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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