Church of Saint Athanasius
The Church of Saint Athanasius is a post-Byzantine church located in Metaxades, Greece. It is located on the southeast side of the village and was probably built around 1695.Photo: KoDOfficial, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: church building in Didimoteiho Municipality, Greece
- Address: Μεταξάδες, Έβρος, 68010
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Athanasius Church.
Saint Athanasius Church
Church
Photo: KoDOfficial, CC0.
The Church of Saint Athanasius is a small historical church located at the southern end of the village Alepochori in the Evros regional unit, built in the post-Byzantine era and specifically in 1729. Saint Athanasius Church is situated 4 km northwest of Church of Saint Athanasius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metaxades and Alepochori.
Metaxades
Village
Photo: GeorgeAlep123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Metaxades is a large village, municipal unit and a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. This lowland settlement, situated at an altitude of about 120 meters, is celebrated as the most picturesque in the wider area, and has been officially designated as a traditional settlement for its special architectural features.
Alepochori
Village
Alepochori is a village in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The village is considered very old and its inhabitants are native Greeks. Alepochori is situated 4 km north of Church of Saint Athanasius.
Ladi
Village
Ladi is a village in regional unit of Evros in Greece, at an altitude of 90 meters which is located north of the Erythropotamos which ends in the river Evros and east of the border line with Bulgaria. Ladi is situated 5 km northeast of Church of Saint Athanasius.
Church of Saint Athanasius
- Categories: building, historic site, place of worship, historic building, and religion
- Location: Didymoteicho, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.41717° or 41° 25′ 2″ northLongitude
26.22539° or 26° 13′ 31″ eastInception
~1695 and 11th centuryOpen location code
8GH8C68G+V5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1046630794OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q97959134
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Church of Saint Athanasius” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Church of Agios Athanasios”
- Greek: “Ναός Αγίου Αθανασίου”
- Turkish: “Aziz Athanasius Kilisesi (Metades)”
- Turkish: “Metaksades Evrou Aziz Athanasios Kilisesi”
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