Hagios Demetrios

The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios, is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of , dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire.
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  • Email: agdimitriosthes@gmail.com
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: church in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Also known as: “Agios Dimitrios”, “Basilica of Agios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki”, “Church of Saint Demetrios (Thessaloni”, “Church of Saint Dimitrios (Thessaloniki)”, “Church of St. Demetrios”, and “Προσκυνηματικός Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Δημητρίου του Πολιούχου”
  • Address: Αγίου Δημητρίου 97, Θεσσαλονίκη, 54633
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alaca Imaret mosque and Yeni Hamam.

Museum
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The , also known as the Ishak Pasha Mosque, is a in , . Completed in the 1480s, during the Ottoman era, the mosque was built under the direction of Ishak Pasha. is situated 160 metres east of Hagios Demetrios.

Historic building
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The is a building dating to the Ottoman period in , . It was apparently built in the last quarter of the sixteenth century by Khusref Kenkhuda, a property owner in Thessaloniki who probably served as Kehaya for the Vizier Sokolou Mehmet Pasha.

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The of is the ancient Roman-era forum of the city, located at the upper side of Aristotelous Square. It is a large two-terraced forum featuring two-storey , dug up by accident in the 1960s. is situated 200 metres southwest of Hagios Demetrios.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tsinari and Upper Town.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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or Ano Poli is the old town of and is located around the city's acropolis north of the city center. The neighborhood is known for its well preserved Byzantine and Ottoman era structures and urban design and as a center for Thessaloniki's poets, intellectuals, and bohemians.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Hagios Demetrios

Latitude
40.63878° or 40° 38′ 20″ north
Longitude
22.94783° or 22° 56′ 52″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q730019
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Hagios Demetrios” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kisha e Shën Dhimitrit”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Kasëmit”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس ديمتريوس”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة هاغيوس ديمتريوس”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Դեմետրիոսի բազիլիկ”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Դեմետրիոսի բազիլիկա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aya Dimitri kilsəsi”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Димитър”
  • Catalan: “Església de Sant Demetri”
  • Catalan: “Hagios Demetrios”
  • Chinese: “圣德米特里教堂”
  • Chinese: “圣迪米特里奥斯教堂”
  • Czech: “Hagios Demetrios”
  • Dutch: “Hagios Demetrios”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس ديمتريوس”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Demetrioksen kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Demetriuksen kirkko”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Dimitri de Thessalonique”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Dimitri de Thessalonique”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Dimitri”
  • Georgian: “სალონიკის წმინდა დემეტრეს ბაზილიკა”
  • German: “Demetriosbasilika”
  • German: “Demetrioskirche”
  • German: “Hagios Demetrios”
  • Greek: “Η εκκλησία του Αγίου Δημητρίου”
  • Greek: “Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Δημητρίου Θεσσαλονίκης”
  • Greek: “Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Δημητρίου”
  • Greek: “Ναός Αγίου Δημητρίου Θεσσαλονίκης”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית האגיוס דמטריוס”
  • Hindi: “आयोस दिमित्रियोस”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Demeter-bazilika”
  • Indonesian: “Hagios Demetrios”
  • Italian: “chiesa di san Demetrio”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Demetrio”
  • Japanese: “アギオス・ディミトリオス聖堂”
  • Korean: “성 디미트리오스 성당”
  • Korean: “아요스 디미트리오스 성당”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Demetrijaus bazilika”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Димитриј Солунски”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Димитриј”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Димитрија Солунски”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Димитрија”
  • Macedonian: “Црква „Св. Димитрија“ - Солун”
  • Persian: “هاگیوس دمتریوس”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Dymitra w Salonikach”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Świętego Dymitra w Salonikach”
  • Portuguese: “Hagios Demetrios”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Demétrio”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Sfântul Dumitru din Salonic”
  • Russian: “Базилика Святого Димитрия”
  • Serbian: “Crkva Svetog Dimitrija”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Demetrija, Solun”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev svetega Demetrija v Solunu”
  • Spanish: “basílica de San Demetrio (Tesalónica)”
  • Spanish: “basílica de San Demetrio”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Demetrio”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Demetrio (Tesalónica)”
  • Spanish: “santuario de San Demetrio”
  • Tatar: “Изге Димитриос базиликасы чиркәве”
  • Turkish: “Aya Dimitri Kilisesi”
  • Turkish: “Kasımiye Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка святого Дмитрія”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Святого Дмитрія”
  • Western Frisian: “Hagios Demetrios”

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Highlights include Saint Euthymius Chapel and Out of Focus.

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