La chiesa di San Polieucto ricostruita da Anicia Giuliana a Costantinopoli (524-527). Fonti e ipotesi di restituzione icnografica
In: Quaderni dell'Istituto di Storia dell'Architettura: n.s. 2019, 2020
DOI: 10.48255/1091
The Church of St. Polyeuktos rebuilt by Anicia Juliana (524-527).
Sources and Hypothesis of graphic restitution
The careful examination of the sources and the direct examination of the archaeological finds allow the
princess to be recognized by the Roman Byzantine princess Anicia Juliana (463-528 BC), ability personal
such as to be able to promote innovative and sumptuous building programs and to be able to affirm that
the construction of the Church of St. Polyeuktos in Constantinople, annexed to the building where he was
supposed to reside with his family, represents the most important project among those built. The Church,
on the basis of archaeological research, would have stood out for its grandiose layout, for the clarity of
the articulation of the construction systems, and for the wealth of decorative parties, constituting the
crowning and synthesis of experiences gained in Constantinople and in Asia Minor in the fifth century. All
these experiences would come together, through a process of spiritual integration, in the Anicia Juliana’s
Church. All these experiences would come together, through a process of spiritual integration, in the
Church of St. Polyeuktos, in which the characteristics that artistic literature generally considers to be
peculiar to the Justinian era would appear.