Консервация и реставрация на подови мозайки от обект „Епископска базилика на Филипопол ” - Пловдив 2015-2016 г.
Conservation and restoration of floor mosaics from the site "Episcopal Basilica of Philippopolis" - Plovdiv 2015-2016

Summary/Abstract: An Early-Christian Episcopal basilica dating from the 4th-6th centuries A.D. wasdiscovered in 1983-85 in the center of Plovdiv. It is a richly decorated three-nave oneapsebuilding with a narthex and an atrium surrounded by porticos. All of the roomsdiscovered have polychrome mosaic floors; altogether more than 1800 square meters.Over the years various conservation efforts have been made, in the period after 1990the condition of the mosaics has worsened considerably.In 2015 a project for the sheltering, conservation and display of the EpiscopalBasilica archaeological site started upon the initiative and with the financial supportof the America for Bulgaria Foundation and the Municipality of Plovdiv. Thispresentation focuses on the joint efforts of the team of architects, conservators andarchaeologists in research, conservation, interpretation, display and integration ofthe Episcopal Basilica archaeological site into the modern urban environment.

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