Agia paraskeuè

Agia paraskeuè is a church in Kos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands. Agia paraskeuè is situated nearby to the park Square Saint Paraskevi, as well as near the building House of the fascists.

Type: Church
Denomination: Greek Orthodox
Address: Κως

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Square Saint Paraskevi and Defterdar Mosque.

Square Saint Paraskevi

Park

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Square Saint Paraskevi is a park.

The Defterdar Ibrahim Pasha Mosque is a mosque on the island of Kos, in the South Aegean region of Greece. Built in the 18th century, during the Ottoman-era, the mosque serves the Muslim community of Kos, as one of the two out of the five Ottoman mosques to be still operational and open for worship on Kos, the other being the Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque.

Plane tree of Hippocrates

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The Tree of Hippocrates is the plane tree under which, according to legend, Hippocrates of Kos taught his pupils the art of medicine. Paul of Tarsus purportedly taught here as well. Plane tree of Hippocrates is situated 340 metres northeast of Agia paraskeuè.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kos and Kos Asklepieion.

Kos

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Kos is a popular tourist destination in the Greek islands of the Dodecanese, located in the south-eastern part of the Aegean Sea, near the Turkish coast.