AGII APOSTOLI CHURCH OF THESSALONIKI
Byzantine church built around 1314, west of the historic center. Twelve domes, frescoes and mosaic fragments. Unesco.
Erected around 1314, this church (Ιερός Ναός Αγίων Αποστόλων/Ieros Naos Agion Apostolon) is one of 15 monuments in Thessaloniki listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Founded by the Patriarch of Constantinople, it originally belonged to a monastery dedicated to the Virgin and took the name Church of the Holy Apostles in reference to its twelve domes. Transformed into a mosque from 1525 to 1912, it still preserves beautiful frescoes and fragments of mosaics.
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L intérieur a également de belles fresques et mosaiques