Medea
Kıyıköy/Kırklareli
Medea (modern Kıyıköy) is a Thracian town located on the Black Sea. Two gates and sections of the wall still exist. The Monastery of St. Nicholas, a rock-cut monastic complex, is lless than a kilometer west of Kıyıköy.
Harbor City Gate
Rock-cut chapel
Map from Kocaaslan
References
Külzer, A. Ostthrakien (Eurōpē), (Tabula Imperii Byzantini 12)
Duman, Ç. Kırklareli İli Vize Ilçesi Kıyıköy Beldesi Toplumsal Yaşamı Üzerine Bir İnceleme (unpublished Master’s thesis)
Kocaaslan, M. Trakya, Kıyıköy Monografyası (unpublished Master’s thesis)
Ousterhout, R. “The Byzantine Architecture of Thrace: The View from Constantinople” (Byzantinische Forschungen 30)
Ötüken, Y, and Ousterhout, R. “Notes on the Monuments of Turkish Thrace” (Anatolian Studies 39)
Eyice, S. and Thierry, N. “Le monastère et la source sainte de Midye en Thrace turque” (Cahiers Archéologiques 20)
Eyice, S. “Trakya'da Bizans Devrine Ait Eserler” (Belleten 33)
Resources
Medea/Kıyıköy Album (Byzantine Legacy Flickr)
Monastery of St. Nicholas in Medea Album (Byzantine Legacy Flickr)
Byzantine Thrace Album (Byzantine Legacy Flickr)
