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    The architectural and artistic style prevalent in Spain during Byzantine rule was influenced by northern African styles rather than styles from Byzantium proper. Excavations of two churches in southern Spain found Byzantine influences from Africa. Only in the Balearic Islands was the Greek and Thracian style present. Further evidence of ties between Spain and North Africa comes from pottery finds bearing distinctively African designs near Cartagena. Recent excavations there also uncovered housing that likely housed Byzantine soldiers. However, most Spanish cities declined in population and size under Byzantine rule.

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    The architectural and artistic style prevalent in Spain during Byzantine rule was influenced by northern African styles rather than styles from Byzantium proper. Excavations of two churches in southern Spain found Byzantine influences from Africa. Only in the Balearic Islands was the Greek and Thracian style present. Further evidence of ties between Spain and North Africa comes from pottery finds bearing distinctively African designs near Cartagena. Recent excavations there also uncovered housing that likely housed Byzantine soldiers. However, most Spanish cities declined in population and size under Byzantine rule.

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    Algezares Murcia San Pedro de Alcántara: Amphorae

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    The architectural and artistic style prevalent in Spain during Byzantine rule was influenced by northern African styles rather than styles from Byzantium proper. Excavations of two churches in southern Spain found Byzantine influences from Africa. Only in the Balearic Islands was the Greek and Thracian style present. Further evidence of ties between Spain and North Africa comes from pottery finds bearing distinctively African designs near Cartagena. Recent excavations there also uncovered housing that likely housed Byzantine soldiers. However, most Spanish cities declined in population and size under Byzantine rule.

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    The architectural and artistic style prevalent in Spania was not that of Byzantium

    proper but rather the Byzantinist styles of northern Africa. Two churches, one
    at Algezares south of Murcia and that of San Pedro de Alcántara near Málaga,
    have been excavated and studied archaeologically. Only in the Balearic Islands did
    the style of Greece and Thrace take a foothold. And though Byzantine stylistic
    markers are present throughout Spain, in the Gothic regions they do not share
    connections with the African styles prevalent in Spania.
    In the vicinity of Cartagena, pottery has been discovered bearing distinctively
    African amphorae that further testify to the close ties between the provinces of
    Spania and Mauretania Secunda. Cartagena has in recent years been excavated quite
    thoroughly and a housing complex probably created for Byzantine soldiers occupying
    the city discovered.[14] Many artefacts of the Byzantine presence can be seen in
    the Museo Arqueológico de Cartagena. Nevertheless, the city, like most in Spain
    at that time was much diminished in population and area under the Byzantine
    government.

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