Alexandria, Cyrenaica, Cyprus: Ptolemaic Heritage in Imperial Residential Architecture

• Authors: Pensabene, Patrizio

Abstracts

EN

The relationship between Alexandria and the architectural traditions of Cyrenaica and Cyprus is currently becoming an important research topic. Beside the clear historical and geographical links, many comparisons specifically between the Cyrenaican and Cypriote architecture and that of Alexandria evidence a strong influence of the latter on both lands. The Alexandrian impact on architecture dates back to the Ptolemaic Period and continued under the Romans until late Antiquity

Keywords

EN

Alexandria; Cyrenaica; Cyprus; residential architecture; architectural decoration

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Światowit
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 58
• Pages: 11-31

Dates

published

2020-09-10

Contributors

author

Pensabene, Patrizio

Identifiers

DOI

10.31338/0082-044x.swiatowit.58.1