Church of John the Baptist in Wikipedia
The Church of St John the Baptist in Nessebar, Bulgaria is a
domed cruciform church, built of undressed stone. It's one
of the best preserved in Nessebar. It is 12 m long and 10
wide. The structure of the church consists of two
cylindrical vaults which intersect in the center of the
composition. The masonry is crushed stone and pebbles and
the facades were probably smoothly plastered. It was built
in the 10th century. It has no narthex. The altar space
consists of three semi-circular apses. Four massive pillars
support the dome and form the cross. Inside the walls are
smooth and unbroken. Some frescoes have been preserved
dating from later periods. The faded portraits of the donor
and his contemporaries on the southern wall and the
fragments beneath the dome date from 14th c. and the others
are from the 16th and 17th centuries. One depicts St. Marina
pulling a devil from the sea before braining it with a
hammer - possibly representing the local merchants' hopes
that their patron would deal the Cossack pirates who raided
Nessebar in the 17th Century A.D. The exterior is simple
without decorative niches and ceramic plaques, typical of
the ornamental style. Bricks were used as a decorative
element over the entrance, in the jagged cornices and around
the windows. Nowadays the church houses a gallery.
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