Church of Saint Demetrios

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Byzantine church World Heritage Site component church building early Christian basilica

The Church of Saint Demetrios is a major early Christian basilica in Thessaloniki, Greece, renowned as the city’s main sanctuary dedicated to its patron saint and for its significant Byzantine mosaics and relics.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cathedral of Saint Demetrios 2
Church of Saint Demetrios canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine church ⓘ
World Heritage Site component ⓘ
church building ⓘ
early Christian basilica ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
basilica ⓘ
associatedPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Early Christian period ⓘ
associatedWith cult of Saint Demetrios ⓘ
constructionStart 5th century ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAs martyrium of Saint Demetrios NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDecoration frescoes ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
hasPart aisles ⓘ
apse ⓘ
baptistery ⓘ
chapels ⓘ
crypt of Saint Demetrios ⓘ
nave ⓘ
hasRelic relics of Saint Demetrios NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation Byzantine monument ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine mosaics ⓘ
crypt and martyrion ⓘ
early Christian architecture ⓘ
five-aisled basilica plan ⓘ
relics of Saint Demetrios ⓘ
liturgicalStatus basilica ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Central Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedonia (Greece) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thessaloniki NERFINISHED ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
patronSaintOfCity Thessaloniki NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction pilgrimage site ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
rebuiltAfter fire of 1917 in Thessaloniki ⓘ
rebuiltIn 7th century ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
reopeningDate 1949 ⓘ
roofType timber roof ⓘ
significance main sanctuary of Thessaloniki’s patron saint ⓘ
major pilgrimage destination in Greece ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteOf Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki → hasPart → Church of Saint Demetrios ⓘ
Mystras → notableBuilding → Church of Saint Demetrios ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cathedral of Saint Demetrios
Mistra → hasStructure → Church of Saint Demetrios ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cathedral of Saint Demetrios