Germia and vicinity : Western Galatia during the Roman and Byzantine period

A Byzantine enclosure with square plan as well as the polygonal outer wall of an apse have been identified in geomagnetic research. An undocumented excavation at the northern flank of the apse has brought up parts of an opus sectile-floor, a typical element of Byzantine representational architecture. Remains of a Byzantine building have been identified on the outskirts of the settlement. Numerous glass mosaic tesserae indicate the representational character of the building. The building is possibly the katholikon of an otherwise unknown monastery of St Constantine that is mentioned in a funerary inscription found at the foot of the hill.