Church of Hosios David

Thessaloniki Municipality, Greece

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The Church of Hosios David is a late 5th-century Byzantine church in Thessaloniki, Greece, originally built as the katholikon of the Latomos Monastery and dedicated to David the Dendrite. The structure was richly adorned with mosaic and fresco decoration, with the most celebrated element being the 5th-century apse mosaic depicting the Icon of Christ of Latomos, which survives as a high-quality example of Byzantine artistic achievement. Additional decorative schemes were added during the 12th–14th centuries. The church's function changed dramatically during the Ottoman era, when it was converted into a mosque, most likely in the 16th century, before being reconsecrated as a Greek Orthodox church in 1921. Now recognized as an archaeological site, it was designated part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki in 1988.

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Byzantine architecture

Type: church building, mosque, archaeological site
Heritage: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, archaeological site in Greece
Place: Thessaloniki Municipality, Greece

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