Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki
Appearance
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece |
Part of | Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
Reference | 456-011 |
Inscription | 1988 (12th Session) |
Area | 0.083 ha (0.21 acres) |
Coordinates | 40°38′35.5″N 22°56′39.5″E / 40.643194°N 22.944306°E |
The Church of Saint Catherine (Greek: Αγία Αικατερίνη) is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the Ano Poli, Thessaloniki, Greece.
History
[edit]The church dates to the Palaiologan period, but its exact dating and original dedication are unknown. From its interior decoration, which survives in fragments and is dated to ca. 1315, it has been suggested that it was the katholikon of the Monastery of the Almighty. It was converted to a mosque by Yakup Pasha in the reign of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512) and named after him Yakup Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Yakup Paşa Camii). In 1988, it was included among the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kourkoutidou-Nikolaidou & Tourta 1997, pp. 116–120.
Sources
[edit]- Kourkoutidou-Nikolaidou, E.; Tourta, A. (1997). Wandering in Byzantine Thessaloniki. Kapon Editions. pp. 116–120. ISBN 960-7254-47-3.
Categories:
- Byzantine church buildings in Thessaloniki
- World Heritage Sites in Greece
- Mosques converted from churches in Ottoman Greece
- 14th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings
- Church buildings with domes
- 14th-century churches in Greece
- Former mosques in Greece
- 14th-century establishments in the Byzantine Empire
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- Greek building and structure stubs
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