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5 Churches in Athens You Shouldn't Skip Visiting

5 Churches in Athens You Shouldn't Skip Visiting, Athens, Greece

The churches from the聽city of Athens聽are beautiful historic places, some of them built over ancient Greek temples. Some of them are large and imposing, but聽most of them are small constructions, crammed between other buildings聽or鈥� tucked under them! There are many churches to visit in Athens where you can聽admire Byzantine works of art, but here are my top choices. Make sure you don鈥檛 skip seeing them!

- visiting information聽including opening times, address and map location, telephone if available, and details on how to get there using public transport.

Agios Nikolaos Ragavas is located in聽Plaka, not far from the Anafiotika area. The church was聽built in the 11th century and it originally belonged to a Byzantine family called Ragavis, hence the name. Time and the 1821 Revolution changed the appearance聽of church Agios Nikolaos Ragavas, though part of the original construction was restored in the 1970s. Among the churches to visit in Athens, this one is a must for its historic importance in particular. It is supposed to be the聽first church to ring its bell in celebration of the liberation of Athens from under the Germans, in 1944. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: 5 Churches in Athens You Shouldn't Skip Visiting
Guide Location: Greece » Athens
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Mirela Letailleur
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
  • Agios Nikolaos Ragavas
  • Agia Ekaterini
  • Agios Ioannis Theologos
  • Agia Dynami
  • Church of St. Isidore

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