SAINT DEMETRIUS
The Holy Church of Saint Demetrius was constructed in the mid of 5 century, at the place where Saint Demetrious had martyrised. it was created by Illyrikou Leontio. There is located the stadium where the solitary games were held. Throughout, the ground floor complex in which the saint was a prisoner keep standing at a crypt inside the temple. Until today, it remains a Place of Worship. Τhe pace of this is the five-aisled basilica with transept. During its life it suffered two disasters. The first disaster was in the fire in the 7th century and another one was in the fire at August in 1917. It also suffered looting in the fall of Thessaloniki by Saracens and Normans.
ΠΗΓΕΣ - SOURCES
http://www.inthessaloniki.com/el/naos-agiou-dimitriou-thessalonikis
http://www.romiosini.org.gr/e4c2c55c.el.aspx
http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=1671
https://youtu.be/31uxgQjyHwk
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