Church of Panayia Halkeion

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Church of Panayia Halkeion
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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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