Georgios Sotiriou

Georgios Sotiriou or Soteriou (Greek: Γεώργιος Σωτηρίου; 1880/81–1965) he was a Byzantinist, archaeologist, curator and later head of the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens.[1]

Career

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Soteriou was born in Athens in 1880, he studied in Athens and Europe. In 1915 he was appointed Ephor-General of Antiquities and in 1923 he became the director of the Byzantine and Christian Museum.[2] He became the president of the Academy of Athens for the year 1941.[3]

Soteriou contributed greatly to the organisation of the Greek Archaeological Service and Byzantine archaeology in Greece. Among his excavations where, the Byzantine church at Ilisos in Athens, at Nea Anchialos; he also studied the church of Agios Demetrios in order to conserve the monument after the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917.[2] The conservation of the church was an arduous project that lasted into the 1950's, due to financial challenges, war and political volatility.[4] Furthermore he studied with his wife, Maria, the icons from Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai.[5]

He was invited by Kyrillos III of Cyprus to study the Byzantine monuments of Cyprus.[6] Where he published Byzantine monuments, among them Saint George of the Greeks.[7] Some of the drawings of his publications in Cyprus were done by the topographer Theophilus Amin Halil Mogabgab. He coined the term Franco-Byzantine to describe the church architecture of Medieval Cyprus.[8]

Publications

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Publications about Soteriou

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References

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  1. ^ Karatzas, Georgios (2022). "On the Articulation and Popularization of Christian Built Heritage: Representing National Continuity in Nineteenth-Century Athens". Forging Architectural Tradition: National Narratives, Monument Preservation and Architectural Work in the Nineteenth Century. Vol. 4 (1 ed.). Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-80073-337-4.
  2. ^ a b "Από το αρχαιολογικό έργο του Γ. Σωτηρίου". Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. ^ "Πρόεδροι της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών από την ίδρυσή της". Ακαδημία Αθηνών. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  4. ^ Bakirtzis, Nikolas (2022). "Perceptions, histories and urban realities of Thessaloniki's layered past". In Key Fowden, Elizabeth; Çağaptay, Suna; Zychowicz-Coghill, Edward; Blanke, Louise (eds.). Cities as Palimpsests? Responses to Antiquity in Eastern Mediterranean Urbanism. Oxbow Books. pp. 199–221.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ^ Andronikou, Anthi (2017). "Southern Italy, Cyprus, and the Holy Land: A Tale of Parallel Aesthetics?". The Art Bulletin. 99 (3): 6–29. ISSN 0004-3079.
  6. ^ Roueché, Charlotte (2001). "The Prehistory of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities". British School at Athens Studies. 8: 155–166. ISSN 2159-4996.
  7. ^ Bacci, Michele (2014). "IDENTITY MARKERS IN THE ART OF FOURTEENTH-CENTURY FAMAGUSTA". The Harbour of all this Sea and Realm: Crusader to Venetian Famagusta (1 ed.). Central European University Press. doi:10.7829/j.ctv10tq67f.14. ISBN 978-615-5225-96-3.
  8. ^ Mersch, Margit (2014). "Hybridity in Late Medieval ecclesiastical architecture on Cyprus and the difficulties of identifying Saints Peter and Paul of Famagusta". Identity/Identities in Late Medieval Cyprus. Nicosia. pp. 241–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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