Church of the Saviour, Thessaloniki

Coordinates: 40°37′56″N 22°57′03″E / 40.632149°N 22.950904°E

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The Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour (Greek: Ναός Μεταμορφώσεως του Σωτήρος, Naós Metamorphóseos tou Sotíros) is a 14th-century Byzantine chapel in Thessaloniki, Greece.^[1] It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki.^[2]

History

The church has been dated to about 1350, based on a coin found within its dome during archaeological investigations and restoration work following the 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake.^[3]

Construction and furnishings

The lower part of the chapel is made of unhewn stone, the upper part of brickwork. It consists of a central room in the form of a tetraconchos, inscribed in a square and vaulted by a dome on a comparatively high tambour structured by archivolts and half-columns.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Tsaktsiras, L.; Papanthimou, K.; Mantzios, G.; Kalogirou, N. (2011). Thessaloniki:The city and its monuments. Malliaris-Paedia. pp. 134–136. ISBN 978-960-239-714-5.
^ "Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^ Hendrix, David. "Church of the Savior (Thessaloniki)". The Byzantine Legacy. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

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