Church of St Sophia or the Old Bishopric

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The Old Bishopric
The Old Bishopric

The Old Mitropolia is a three-naved unvaulted basilica with a total length of 19 m and a width of 13 m. The division into three naves was effected by two rows of five pillars each. The middle nave (9.3 m wide) ends to the east with a big closed apse, round outside and three-sided inside. Built in the 4th-5th century and rebuilt, it functioned as a church throughout the Middle Ages. It has mixed masonry: stone and brick. It is the largest of the Nesebar churches whose overground structure has survived.

The Old Bishopric of Nesebar, Bulgaria, June 7, 2005
The Old Bishopric of Nesebar, Bulgaria, June 7, 2005
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