St. Stephen's Church (Nesebar)

 museum, Medieval / Middle Ages, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage, 11th century construction, Orthodox church

St. Stephen's Church, also known as the New Bishopric (transliterated: Novata Mitropolia) from 11th century, reconstructed in the 16th-18th century.
Ancient Nesebar Museum includes the sites of Nesebar Architectural-Historical Reserve which are open for tourists to visit. These are St. Stefan Church, St. Spas Church, the Archaeological Museum, and the Ethnographic Museum.
After Christianity became an official religion in the Byzantine Empire there was a building boom of Christian temples on the territory of the town. It is even believed that there were more than 40 of them. St. Stefan Church, also known as the New Metropolia, dates back to the period 11th – 13th centuries. It has the design of a basilica with a nave and two isles made of stone blocks and bricks. The church was decorated in 1599. More than 1,000 figures in 258 compositions are painted in it. Scenes depicting the miracles of Christ can also be seen there. The church preserves an original-style painted iconostasis from the end of the 16th century and a fretted bishop’s throne and pulpit from the end of the 18th century. The church is not a functioning one. It has been converted into a museum. It is located near the amphitheatre in town of Nesebar.

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