Little Metropolis Church #6
Athens, Greece
"The Little Metropolis, formally the Church of St. Eleftherios or Panagia Gorgoepikoos , is a Byzantine church located at the Mitropoleos Square, next to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.
The church is built on top of the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Eileithyia. Various dates for its construction have been proposed in the past, from the 9th century under Empress Irene of Athens to the 13th century.
The church is, uniquely, almost entirely built of reused marble pieces from earlier buildings, ranging from Classical Antiquity to the 12th or even 13th centuries, thus precluding an earlier date of construction."
Little Metropolis Church #6
Athens, Greece
"The Little Metropolis, formally the Church of St. Eleftherios or Panagia Gorgoepikoos , is a Byzantine church located at the Mitropoleos Square, next to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.
The church is built on top of the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Eileithyia. Various dates for its construction have been proposed in the past, from the 9th century under Empress Irene of Athens to the 13th century.
The church is, uniquely, almost entirely built of reused marble pieces from earlier buildings, ranging from Classical Antiquity to the 12th or even 13th centuries, thus precluding an earlier date of construction."