church of Saint George Akamates

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The church of Saint George Akamates is a Christian place of worship established within the ancient Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, reflecting the later conversion of the classical Greek temple into a Byzantine church.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
church of Saint George Akamates canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church ⓘ
former Byzantine church ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ
builtWithin Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ
ancient Greek temple ⓘ
conversionType ancient Greek temple converted to Christian church ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint George ⓘ
denomination Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
eraOfConversion Byzantine period ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance example of Christianization of ancient Greek temples ⓘ
example of continuity from classical to Byzantine religious use ⓘ
hasFormerFunction pagan temple ⓘ
heritageContext Byzantine Athens ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Greece
heritageType adaptive reuse of ancient temple ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ
locatedInCity Athens ⓘ
locatedInRegion Attica ⓘ
namedAfter Saint George ⓘ
partOf historical center of Athens ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
sharesStructureWith Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ
usedAs Christian place of worship ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Hephaestus → laterUse → church of Saint George Akamates ⓘ
Hephaesteum → convertedTo → church of Saint George Akamates ⓘ
Theseion → convertedTo → church of Saint George Akamates ⓘ