St. Michael's Church, Berat
Berat Municipality, Albania
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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St. Michael's Church stands on a steep rock on a hilltop south of the Kalaja district in Berat, Albania. A Byzantine-style Orthodox church dedicated to the archangel Michael, it dates from 1301 and is a small cruciform chapel with a dome on a drum and a narthex on the west side. Its walls combine rows of red brick with stone. It is a Cultural Monument of Albania and part of the UNESCO-listed Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastër.
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- Built
- Type
- church building
- Materials
- rock
- Heritage
- Cultural Monument of Albania
- Place
- Berat Municipality, Albania
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