Searching for Christian Antiquities: Rethinking the Mediaeval Monuments of the Crimea in the Modern Period
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2024

This article examines the interpretations of some architectural and archaeological heritage sites in the Crimea that appeared from the seventeenth to nineteenth century. It was the period when the travellers who described the Crimean Peninsula concluded that the most outstanding Friday mosques initially were the churches that experienced Muslim reconstruction. The travellers with their speculative ideas about architecture thought that the Muslims were unable to create these magnificent buildings