Nea Ekklesia
The Nea Ekklēsia was a church built by Byzantine Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in Constantinople between 876 and 880. It was the first monumental church built in the Byzantine capital after the Hagia Sophia in the 6th century, and marks the beginning of the middle period of Byzantine architecture.- Type: Church
- Description: Byzantine church in Constantinople (now Istanbul) from 880 to 1490
- Also known as: “The Nea” and “ΝέαἘκκλησία”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Hagia Sophia and Sultan Ahmed Square.
Hagia Sophia
Mosque
Sultan Ahmed Square
Square
Great Palace Mosaic Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mollafenari and Kumkapı.
Mollafenari
Suburb
Mollafenari is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Nea Ekklesia
- Categories: destroyed building or structure and religion
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.00343° or 41° 0′ 12″ north
Longitude
28.97788° or 28° 58′ 40″ east
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X3H+95
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Nea Ekklesia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة نيا إكليسيا”
- Armenian: “Նեա Էկլեսիա”
- Armenian: “Նեա”
- Azerbaijani: “Nea Eklezya”
- Bosnian: “Nea Ekklesia (crkva)”
- Bosnian: “Nea Ekklesia”
- Chinese: “新教堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة نيا اكليسيا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه نيا اكليسيا”
- Estonian: “Konstantinoopoli Nea Ekklesia”
- French: “Nea Ekklesia”
- German: “Nea Ekklēsia”
- Greek: “Νέα Εκκλησία”
- Hebrew: “הכנסייה החדשה”
- Italian: “Nea Ekklesia”
- Korean: “네아 에클레시아”
- Macedonian: “Неа Еклезија”
- Polish: “Nea Ekklesia”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Nova”
- Portuguese: “Nea Ekklesia”
- Russian: “Неа Экклесиа”
- Slovenian: “Nea Ekklesia”
- Spanish: “Nea Ekklesia”
- Turkish: “Nea Ekklisia”
- Turkish: “Nea Eklezya”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Historical Peninsula and Çatladıkapı.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Almina and Sphendon.
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