Church of St. Michael (Berat)

Medieval Byzantine church in Berat

St. Michael's Church Albanian: Kisha e Shën Mëhillit
St. Michael's Church of Berat
Location	Berat, Berat County Albania
Coordinates	40°42′17″N 19°56′48″E / 40.70472°N 19.94667°E / 40.70472; 19.94667
Built	fourteenth century

Cultural Monument of Albania
Designated	1948

The St. Michael's Church (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Mëhillit) is a medieval Byzantine-era Albanian Orthodox Church outside the Kalaja district on a hilltop of the city of Berat of Southern Albania. As part of the Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastër UNESCO World Heritage Site, the church was possibly constructed in the fourteenth century and is dedicated to the archangel Michael.

The church is relative small in size and was constructed on the south of the Kalaja district on a steep rock. It is a cruciform chapel instilled without any internal support, with a dome on drum and narthex on the west section. It was built on a cruciform plan with a dome on the top. The walls are characterized by combination of rows of red brick with stone. Inside the temple, the remains of painting walls retains only few trace. A collection of frescoes and icons have been preserved nowadays. In contrast to other churches in Berat, here observed proportions developed a higher level and a tendency to perfecting architectural forms.

References

Robert Elsie (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Scarecrow Press, 2010. p. 46. ISBN 9780810873803.
"Religious buildings with the "Culture Monument" status". Republic of Albania National Committee for Cult. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
"Kisha e Shën Mëhillit shek. XIV" (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
UNESCO. "Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra". whc.unesco.org.
UNESCO. "Proposition d'inscription soumise par l'Albanie La ville musée de Gjirokastra" (PDF). whc.unesco.org. p. 350.

Topics related to St. Michael's Church of Berat

v t e Berat
History	Siege of Berat (1280–1281) Siege of Berat (1455) Pashalik of Berat
Attractions	Berat National Ethnographic Museum Berat Castle St. Mary of Blachernae Church Lead Mosque Red Mosque White Mosque Bachelors' Mosque St. Michael's Church Hysen Pasha Mosque Telelka Mosque Halveti Teqe Rüfai Teqe Holy Trinity Church St. Theodore's Church King Mosque Dormition Cathedral
See also	Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastër Tourist attractions in Berat
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v t e Religious Cultural Monuments in Berat County
Berat	King Mosque Red Mosque White Mosque Bachelors' Mosque Lead Mosque Hysen Pasha Mosque Telelka Mosque Halveti Teqe Rüfai Teqe St. Michael's Church Holy Trinity Church St. Mary of Blachernae Church St. Theodore's Church Dormition Cathedral
Other towns	St. Mary's Church, Mbreshtan Annunciation Church, Kozarë St. Nicholas' Church, Perondi St. Demetrius' Church, Drobonik St. Demetrius' Church, Poliçan

v t e Byzantine architecture in Albania
Churches	Byzantine (Lin) Holy Trinity (Berat) Dormition of the Theotokos (Labovë e Kryqit) Marmiroi (Orikum) St. Mary (Elbasan) St. Mary (Maligrad) St. Mary of Blachernae (Berat) St. Michael (Berat) St. Paraskevi (Përmet) St. Spyridon (Vuno)
Cathedrals	Dormition of St. Mary (Berat)
Monasteries	Ardenica (Fier) St. Mary (Zvërnec) St. Nicholas (Mesopotam) St. Quiricus and Julietta (Dhuvjan) Forty Saints (Saranda)

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