Église Byzantine · Byzantine (5th c.)

Church of Panagia Acheiropoietos

Mis à jour 2026Vérifié à piedAgias Sofias street, near the centre

One of the oldest churches in the city still in continuous use — a 5th-century early-Christian basilica with elegant columns and fine mosaic fragments.

The brick exterior of the Byzantine Acheiropoietos basilica, Thessaloniki — Church of Panagia Acheiropoietos · Byzantine (5th c.)

Période

Byzantine (5th c.)

Emplacement

City centre

Entrée

Free

Horaires

Open daily with a midday break

Temps Nécessaire

15–20 minutes

Note

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Histoire

Comment c'est né

Built around 450 AD, it is among the earliest surviving basilicas in the Christian world and part of Thessaloniki's UNESCO monuments. After the 1430 conquest it became the first of the city's churches turned into a mosque — by Sultan Murad II himself, who made it Thessaloniki's principal mosque — and an Ottoman inscription on a column still records the event.

Ce Que Vous Verrez

Lors d'une visite

The colonnaded interior, the surviving mosaic soffits between the arches, and the sense of standing in a 1,500-year-old space.

Comment Visiter

Central and step-free.

Meilleur Moment

Morning

Galerie

S'y Rendre

Emplacement

City centre · Agias Sofias street, near the centre

Itinéraire

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Bon à Savoir

It means 'made without hands', a reference to a miraculous icon of the Virgin once kept here.

It's a 5th-century early-Christian basilica — one of the oldest churches in Thessaloniki still in continuous use, and among the earliest surviving churches anywhere. Elegant columns and fine early mosaic fragments remain inside, and it's one of the city's fifteen UNESCO-listed monuments.

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