Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki
The Church of Saint Catherine (Greek: Αγία Αικατερίνη) is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the Ano Poli, Thessaloniki, Greece.
History
The church dates to the Palaiologan period, but its exact dating and original dedication are unknown. From its interior decoration, which survives in fragments and is dated to ca. 1315, it has been suggested that it was the katholikon of the Monastery of the Almighty. It was converted to a mosque by Yakup Pasha in the reign of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512) and named after him Yakup Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Yakup Paşa Camii). In 1988, it was included among the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[1]
See also
- History of Roman and Byzantine domes
- Hagios Demetrios
References
- ^ Kourkoutidou-Nikolaidou & Tourta 1997, pp. 116–120.
Sources
- Kourkoutidou-Nikolaidou, E.; Tourta, A. (1997). Wandering in Byzantine Thessaloniki. Kapon Editions. pp. 116–120. ISBN 960-7254-47-3.
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