Church of John the Baptist
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41.14429
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24.888009
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The Holy Cathedral of St. John the Baptist was built around 1839, by workers of Epirus, when bishop was Eugene. During this period, the reform decree of Sultan, the Hatt-i Serif, gave privileges to all, non-Muslim communities of the Ottoman Empire. Then, thanks to this decree, the rest of the city temples were rebuilt. In place of the church of St. John the Baptist, a church existed, which was burnt in 1809, and then in the spring of 1829, it was demolished by the earthquake that struck the city.
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The square is dominated by the Holy Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,,which was built around 1839, by workers of Epirus, when bishop was Eugene. During this period,, the reform decree of Sultan, the Hatt-i Serif, gave privileges,, to all, non-Muslim communities of the Ottoman Empire. Then, thanks to this decree,, the rest of the city temples were rebuilt. In place of the church of St. John the Baptist,, a church existed,, which was burnt in 1809, and then, in the spring of 1829, it was demolished by the earthquake that struck the city
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“Church of John the Baptist,” iGuide Repo, accessed December 23, 2024, http://ubuntu01.ceti.gr/omeka/items/show/901.
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