PAINTINGS IN THE TOWER CHURCH OF THE SIUREN FORTRESS: NEW MATERIALS
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2025

Introduction. The defensive line of the Siuren fortress (mountainous southwestern Crimea) consists of two curtain walls and a round tower between them. In the 13th – 15th centuries, a church was built on the second floor of the tower, the walls and dome of which were completely covered with fresco paintings. Methods. In the 19th and early 21st centuries, the Siuren fortress was studied by Peter Keppen, Aleksey Uvarov, Gregory Karaulov, Dmitry Strukov, Evgeniy Veymarn, Nikolay Repnikov, Oleg Domb