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Church of Panagia Kapnikarea

Church of Panagia Kapnikarea

Also known as Παναγία Καπνικαρέα

Year

1050

Style

Byzantine

Type

church

Kapnikarea is a Middle Byzantine church standing on an island in the middle of Ermou Street at the edge of Plaka. It follows the cross-in-square plan, with a central dome carried on a drum over the naos, and it grew into a three-part…

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