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Church of St. Demetrios Katephores

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Chris de Lisle

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 01, 2024 06:40 AM — History

A church in Athens, excavated and demolished between 1859 and 1861, which was built on top of a section of the post-Herulian wall incorporating several hundred inscriptions and sculptures, mostly from the Diogeneion gymnasium.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/133416747

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9737950259, 23.7291088746

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Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: Διογένειον (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Ἅγιος Δημήτριος Κατηφόρης (Agios Dīmītrios Katīforīs: Modern Greek, AD 1800 - AD 1899)

Church of St. Demetrios Katephores makes connections with:

Church of St. Demetrios Katephores located at Athenae (unspecified date range)

Church of St. Demetrios Katephores receives connections from:

Less than certain: Diogeneion located near Church of St. Demetrios Katephores (AD 300 - AD 640)

Place type:
church, findspot, place of finding, wall (of a city), city wall, archaeological site

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Chris de Lisle, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Church of St. Demetrios Katephores: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/133416747> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/133416747 |title=Places: 133416747 (Church of St. Demetrios Katephores) |author=de Lisle, C. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 12:48 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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