Παναγία η Κοσμοσώτειρα Φερών

Παναγία η Κοσμοσώτειρα Φερών is a church in Alexandroupoli, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace which is located on Αγίας Σοφίας. Παναγία η Κοσμοσώτειρα Φερών is situated nearby to the castle Theotokos Kosmosteira, as well as near the square Ομονοίας.

Type: Church
Denomination: Orthodox
Address: Αγίας Σοφίας, Φέρες, 68500

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Theotokos Kosmosteira.

Theotokos Kosmosteira

Castle

Photo: Lapost, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Theotokos Kosmosoteira is a Greek Orthodox church in Feres, Evros, in the Western Thrace region of Greece. It was built as a monastery in c. 1152 by the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos, a son of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Feres and Poros, Evros.

Feres

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Feres is in Western Thrace. It has the most significant Byzantine monument in Thrace: the Monastery of Panagia Kosmosoteira.

Poros, Evros

Village

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Poros, Evros is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Παναγία η Κοσμοσώτειρα Φερών.

Doriscus

Village

Photo: Aristomakos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Doriscus was a settlement in ancient Thrace, on the northern shores of Aegean Sea, in a plain west of the river Hebrus. It was notable for remaining in Persian hands for many years after the Second Persian invasion of Greece, and remained thus known as the last Persian stronghold in Europe. Doriscus is situated 5 km southwest of Παναγία η Κοσμοσώτειρα Φερών.

Παναγία η Κοσμοσώτειρα Φερών

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Alexandroupoli, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

40.894° or 40° 53′ 38″ north

Longitude

26.17038° or 26° 10′ 13″ east

Open location code

8GG8V5VC+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 462664154

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=orthodox

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