Church of St. Sophia

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Byzantine church building Eastern Orthodox church medieval church

The Church of St. Sophia is a medieval Eastern Orthodox church in Ohrid, North Macedonia, renowned for its well-preserved Byzantine architecture and frescoes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Church of Hagia Sophia 1
Church of Saint Sophia of Thessaloniki 1
Church of St. Sophia canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine church building ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox church ⓘ
medieval church ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToTradition Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
country North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo Holy Wisdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Sophia (Holy Wisdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
floorPlanType basilica ⓘ
hasArtStyle Byzantine fresco painting ⓘ
hasFeature arcades ⓘ
columns ⓘ
frescoed interior ⓘ
iconographic programs of saints ⓘ
hasFunction cathedral church (historical) ⓘ
hasPart apse ⓘ
domes ⓘ
narthex ⓘ
nave ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance (North Macedonia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus important medieval monument in North Macedonia ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine architecture ⓘ
medieval wall paintings ⓘ
well-preserved Byzantine frescoes ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Greek ⓘ
Old Church Slavonic NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ohrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Ohrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
partOf Ohrid old town NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Balkans ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
roofType tiled roof ⓘ
significance important center of Orthodox Christian heritage in North Macedonia ⓘ
major monument of medieval art in Ohrid ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
usedAs concert venue ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ohrid → hasLandmark → Church of St. Sophia ⓘ
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki → hasPart → Church of St. Sophia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church of Saint Sophia of Thessaloniki
Mistra → hasStructure → Church of St. Sophia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Church of Hagia Sophia