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Hayyat Kilisesi |
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Church |
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Plan Type:
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Cross Plan |
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Year of Costruction:
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5th - 6th c. |
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Phase:
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Early |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Konya |
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District:
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Meram |
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Village:
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Gökyurt |
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Antique Name:
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Kilistra |
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| Location: It is located on the summit of Mount Ali Sumas, 4 km west of Gökyurt Village in Meram District of Konya Province. |
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| Research and Excavation: When it was studied by Ramsay and Bell in the beginning of 1900s, it was in ruins [Ramsay-Bell 1909]. |
| Description: Architectural Features: It is in cross plan. In the church in rectangular plan, foundations of some sections are preserved and some sections are buried under ground. The narthex doesn't exist anymore. The plans which were previously drawn by the researchers show that there were one or two niches on the south wall of the narthex. The entrance from the narthex to the naos is provided by a profiled door with flat lintel. The original floor of the naos is buried under ground up to the window. There are two battlement windows on the north wall of the west cross-arm. There is a pair of battlement window on the south wall of the west cross-arm and on the west wall of the north cross-arm. These windows brighten up the church. The plans belonging to the beginning of the 20th century show that there was another door opening to the naos on the south cross-arm. There is an apse in the form of semicircular on both inside and outside. The roofing of the naos and the apse is not preserved up to date. Decorative Features: The main decorative feature found in the church is the profiled fillets. They were found in situ on the upper side of the windows of the walls of the naos, the façades of the church and on the lintel of the door opening to the naos. |
| Finds: Although, some architectural plastic fragments were found among the remains of the structure, they were not studied in detail. |
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