This treasure is a vast area of mosaic pavements which once graced the floor of a Byzantine church.

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The most impressive sight is the relatively modern Byzantine-era Church of SS Lot and Procopius, which is home to more sumptuous surviving mosaics.

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It began as a church in 537 under the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, eager to go one up on his Roman antecedents by building a structure on an unprecedented scale.

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The marvel of an early Byzantine mosaic map of the Middle East was discovered on a church floor here last century and is on view today.

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