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Evangelistria Church, Piraeus

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Evangelistria Church
Ιερός Ναός Ευαγγελίστριας
Evangelistria Church is located in Greece
Evangelistria Church
Evangelistria Church
37°56′40″N 23°39′13″E / 37.94444°N 23.65361°E / 37.94444; 23.65361
LocationEvangelistria, Piraeus
CountryGreece
Language(s)Greek
DenominationGreek Orthodox
History
StatusOpen
Architecture
Completed1893
Administration
MetropolisMetropolis of Piraeus

The Holy Church of Evangelistria (Greek: Ιερός Ναός Ευαγγελίστριας Πειραιώς) is located in the homonymous district of Piraeus. The church of Evangelistria began to be built in 1893 according to the plans of the municipal architect Georgios Zizilas.[1] Emmanouil Papakonstantinou, who succeeds him, supervises and undertakes the construction plans. In 1898, the construction of the church was completed. At the same time, materials from the unfinished temple of the Tzaneio Hospital are also being used.

It is a three-aisled basilica with two lateral projections, so as to create a kind of cruciform arrangement. Originally it had no dome and spire. In 1897, a spire will be added to the axis of the west face and the lateral stairs of the south face. Between 1899 and 1901, the enlarged narthex was built and the ground-floor annexes (the confessional and the novice's residence) were rebuilt. Its morphology is neoclassical: flat corner stones, Corinthian capitals, pseudo-isodomic masonry of the lower level of the facade.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Σταματίνα Μαλικούτη, Πειραιάς 1834-1912, εκδ. Πολιτιστικό Ίδρυμα Ομίλου Πειραιώς, 2004, σελ.248
  2. ^ Σταματίνα Μαλικούτη, Πειραιάς 1834-1912, εκδ. Πολιτιστικό Ίδρυμα Ομίλου Πειραιώς, 2004, σελ.249

Sources

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  • Σταματίνα Μαλικούτη, Πειραιάς 1834–1912, εκδ. Πολιτιστικό Ίδρυμα Ομίλου Πειραιώς, 2004, σελ.248-249