Theotokos Kyriotissa – North Church

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575

1100

The North Church (adjacent to the aqueduct bridge) was constructed around the third quarter of the 6th century, and almost entirely demolished between the 11-12th centuries. Only the apse survived.

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After the bath's destruction, the first church was built around the third quarter of the 6th century, adjacent to the aqueduct bridge itself.

Two arches were even incorporated into the building itself. The aqueduct bridge piers became an intergral part of supporting the structure.

Parts of the bath's system was recycled by using the water supply of a fountain in the church (through an existing water duct of the bath). The fountain seems to have been functional until the 7th or 8th century. The pragmatic recycling of the aqueduct bridge and the bath indicates that water continued to play a role in the contruction, both directly and indirectly (see Blid Kullberg 2016, p. 149-150).

The name of this first church is unkown, 'North church' is a modern name given by Striker and Kuban, who wrote the excavation report.