San Giorgio dei Greci
San Giorgio dei Greci is a church in the sestiere of Castello, Venice, northern Italy. It was the center of the Scuola dei Greci, the Confraternity of the Greeks in Venice.Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: church in Venice
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Doge’s Palace and Bridge of Sighs.
Doge’s Palace
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice. Doge’s Palace is situated 380 metres west of San Giorgio dei Greci.
Bridge of Sighs
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. Bridge of Sighs is situated 340 metres southwest of San Giorgio dei Greci.
San Zaccaria
Church
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of San Zaccaria is a 15th-century former monastic church in central Venice. It is a large edifice located in the Campo San Zaccaria, just off the waterfront to the southeast of Piazza San Marco and St Mark's Basilica. San Zaccaria is situated 120 metres southwest of San Giorgio dei Greci.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castello and San Marco.
Castello
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castello is one of six sestieri that make up Venice.
San Marco
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
San Marco is the central district of Venice. It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.
San Polo
San Giorgio dei Greci
- Categories: Eastern Orthodox cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.43543° or 45° 26′ 8″ northLongitude
12.34483° or 12° 20′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8FQJC8PV+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 138801661OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q1784082
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“San Giorgio dei Greci” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سان جورجيو دي غريسي”
- Belarusian: “Царква Сан-Джорджа дэі Грэчы”
- Catalan: “Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Chinese: “希腊圣乔治堂”
- Chinese: “希臘聖喬治堂”
- Czech: “kostel sv. Jiří z Řeků”
- Dutch: “San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس جورج اليونانى”
- French: “église San Giorgio dei Greci”
- French: “Église San Giorgio dei Greci”
- French: “San Giorgio dei Greci”
- German: “San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Greek: “San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Greek: “Άγιος Γεώργιος των Ελλήνων”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία Αγίου Γεωργίου των Ελλήνων”
- Hebrew: “סן ג’ורג’ו דיי גרקי”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Japanese: “聖ジョルジオ・デイ・グレーチ大聖堂”
- Polish: “Kościół San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Romanian: “Biserica San Giorgio dei Greci din Veneția”
- Russian: “Сан-Джорджо-деи-Гречи”
- Russian: “Церковь Сан-Джорджо-деи-Греки”
- Russian: “Церковь Сан-Джорджо-деи-Гречи”
- Slovenian: “San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Tagalog: “San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Turkish: “San Giorgio dei Greci”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Сан-Джорджо дей Гречі”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Сан-Джорджо-дей-Грекі”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Сан-Джорджо-дей-Гречі”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cemetery of San Giorgio dei Greci and Museum of icons.
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