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Pammegistoi Taxiarches church

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Ναός Παμμεγίστων Ταξιαρχών, Θεσσαλονίκη 1921
Ναός Παμμεγίστων Ταξιαρχών, Θεσσαλονίκη 1921

The Pammegistoi Taxiarches church (Greek: Ιερός Ναός Παμμεγίστων Ταξιαρχών, lit. 'Holy Church of the All-Great Taxiarchs') is a Byzantine church located in the Upper Town of Thessaloniki, Greece. The church was built in the 14th century, and served as a mosque during the Ottoman period, before it was turned back into a church in 1912. The church underwent significant modifications during the 1950s and the 1960s, and unlike other Byzantine churches in Thessaloniki, a new section was added in neo-Byzantine style.

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Pammegistoi Taxiarches church
Μουσών, Thessaloniki Municipal Unit Άνω Πόλη (3rd District of Thessaloniki)

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Ιερός Ναός Ταξιαρχών

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546 34 Thessaloniki Municipal Unit, Άνω Πόλη (3rd District of Thessaloniki)
Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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Ναός Παμμεγίστων Ταξιαρχών, Θεσσαλονίκη 1921
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