Old Metropolis, Veria

Veria Municipality, Greece · built 1001

The Old Metropolis is a former Byzantine Greek Orthodox basilica dedicated to Saint Paul, located in the city of Veria, in the Central Macedonia region of northern Greece. Built as a cathedral in the early 11th-century during the Venetian period, in 1430 the structure was converted to a mosque, called the Hünkar Mosque (meaning "Imperial Mosque" in Turkish) during the Ottoman era. The mosque was abandoned in 1912 after the Balkan Wars and was reconsecrated as a church, and then used for profane purposes before falling into disrepair. As of 2016 the building was being renovated to again be reconsecrated as a church.

Google Maps ↗ Wikipedia ↗

Church data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other churches in Greece

Agia Triada Monastery, Sparmos Community of Flambourou, Greece Agios Ioannis o Prodromos Church, Spodiana Greece Agios Minas Cathedral Heraklion Municipality, Greece Assumption Cathedral, Chania Chania Municipality, Greece Baptistery of St. John the Baptist (Thessaloniki) Thessaloniki Municipality, Greece Basilica of St. Achillios Larissa Municipality, Greece Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite Athens Municipality, Greece Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Patras Municipality of Patras, Greece