Saint Demetrios Church, Thessaloniki, 1890, Former church in Thessaloniki, Greece
Saint Demetrios Church, Thessaloniki, 1890, is a former church building in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was a wooden structure that no longer stands, as it burned down in the 1917 fire.
The church opened in 1890 for the Bulgarian community and was housed in two wooden buildings bought in 1887 and 1889. It was destroyed in the great fire of 1917, which also consumed the nearby schools and the entire neighborhood.
The church served the Bulgarian community in Thessaloniki and was part of a network of institutions that included a school. Its presence on the street would have been a familiar landmark for local residents.
The church no longer exists, so there is nothing to visit today. You can still walk along Antigonidi Street, where it once stood, to get a sense of the area.
The buildings were originally purchased under the name of Exarch Joseph I, with the stated purpose of serving as a leather warehouse. This disguise was used to conceal the true function of the site.
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