Agios Eleftherios Church, Athens

Agios Eleftherios in 2011
Interior

The Agios Eleftherios church, also known as Mikri Mitropoli ("little metropolitan church") or Panagia Gorgoepikoos is a Byzantine-era church located at the Mitropolis square, next to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens (Megali Mitropoli).

Michael Choniates, the bishop of Athens, ordered the construction at the start of the 13th century.

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