The Old Palace and The Patriarchate
The ruins of the palace seem insignificant compared to the ramparts, but contemporary chronicles and modern excavations suggest that the royal complex was once splendid and opulent. Delicate columns divided the 35-metre-long throne room into aisles, which were adorned with green serpentine, Egyptian porphyry and pink marble, and mosaics and murals depicting the rulers of three dynasties. The church of the Blessed Saviour or Patriarchate , built early in the thirteenth century and now unconvincingly restored, was, significantly, the only structure permitted to surpass the palace in height. Ribbed with red brick and inset with green and orange ceramics, the church contains florid modern frescos, which the visitor is invited to contemplate while curators switch on a backing tape of Orthodox choral music.
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