Church of Panayia Halkeion
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| Church of Panayia Halkeion | |
| Location | [[:]], Greece |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites | |
| Name | Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika, Church of Panayia Halkeion |
| UNESCO State Party | Greece |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| UNESCO Site ID | 456 |
| Year of Listing | 1988 |
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Church of Panayia Halkeion
The Church of Panaghia Halkéōn is a church in the Greek city of Thessaloniki. It is located north of the Via Egnatia that bisects the city, where it crosses with the Via Aristotelous that leads to the Aristotelous Square. Salonicans commonly call it Kókkini Ekklisiá (the Red Church).
History
The church was build in the eleventh century by a protospatharios (a senior officer in the imperial guard of the Byzantine Empire) by the name of Christophoros on top of an ancient temple dedicated to Hephaestus "Thessaloniki History - Arhaeology - Tourism", by Rekos Ltd, ISBN 960-7167-66-X. This Christophoros is also buried inside the church.
The ground plan is that of a classic " cross-in-square-form", and the church is most notable for its frescoes in the cupola and the elegant brick walls.
The church is named after the area of the city it is in, the Halkadika or coppersmith part of the town. During the Ottoman times, the church was a mosque dedicated to the coppersmith guild.
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40.633333, 22.933333, Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika, Church of Panayia Halkeion
