Description

Solid marble architectural member. It was originally used as a ceiling panel and later as a breastplate (a low dividing plate, usually of marble, that closed the empty spaces between the columns in the temple icons) in an early Christian church. Each face is decorated with a theme corresponding to its use and era. One side, which functioned as a panel, is divided into three spaces, each of which is decorated with a central flower surrounded by a wreath. Smaller supplementary plant ornaments are found in their corners. Its second face, which was used as a chest facade, was decorated with two crosses within circles, placed in two rectangular divisions. All in low relief. The marble architectural member - unknown when - was moved to Preveza and at the beginning of the 19th century it was built into the gate of the Ottoman castle of Ag. Andreas, where he was found.