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The Crypt , the most
easterly section of the Bath , is the place where St.
Demetrios was imprisoned, tortured and buried.
Agia Sofia (8th
century) marks the transition from the domed basilica to the domed
cruciform church.
Panagia Halkeon , a
cruciform church, was built in 1028 A.D. according an inscription of
that era.
Agia Ekaterini (13th
century) is very well preserved externally, with traces of frescoes
inside.
Agioi Apostoli (l4th
century) retains a rich decoration both externally and in the interior,
dating at the time of the Byzantine Paleologos
imperial dynasty.
Agios Nikolaos Orfanos
(14th century), 20 Irodotou Str.. tel. 213.627 richly decorated with
frescoes became in the 17th century the chapel of Vlatadon
Monastery.
Its form has been greatly changed since the time of its erection.
Profitis Ilias was
built in 1360 upon the ruins of a Byzantine palace by the monk Makarios
Houmnos.
The post byzantine era has also left
in Thessaloniki an important number of churches.
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