MUSEUMS, EXHIBITS, CULTURAL SITES

The Art of Mosaics

Inherited from the Byzantine period, Mosaic art is typical of Byzantium. One can recognize it by the delicacy of its design and by the way light reflects off each piece of marble.

You can see one of the most beautiful examples of this art form in the Saint Sophia Basilica: Christ in the center of the Diesis, from the 10th century.

Unfortunately many mosaics were destroyed by the iconoclasts.