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Denis Baly

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The 11th-century Byzantine monastery of Daphni, featuring what Trachtenberg calls "the cross-octagon, which integrates cross-in-square and octagon-domed schemes" (181). The monastery is famous for some of the superb mosaics adorning its interior (see next image). -MA

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Athens, Greece

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