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L'ensemble rupestre de Basarabi

Date of Submission: 01/03/1991
Category: Cultural
Submitted by:
Commission Nationale des Monuments, Ensembles et Sites Historiques - Bucarest
Coordinates: Dobroudja
Ref.: 549
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Description

Ensemble des monuments rupestres situe une ancienne carriere de " craie du IXe-Xe siecle, amenagee comme etablissement monastique (Xe-XIIe siecle). Une eglise principale avec trois nefs soutenue par des colonnes; une autre eglise avec la division rituelle specifique ortodoxe, couverte d'une coupole semicilindrique, le sanctuaire avec abside semicirculaire couvert d'une semicalotte; deux paraklession, diverses chambres annexes, galleries et chambres funeraires composent l'ensemble. Des representations figuratives chretiennes et d'autres motifs symboliques stylises, incises : dragons qui se tordent, le labyrinthe, l'arbre de la vie, le pigeon, le chevalier, aussi que divers animaux et navires. Inscriptions en plusieurs langues et ecritures grecque, runique, glagolithique, cyrillique - y compris une glosse roumaine du Xe siecle.