Church of Prophet Elijah
Fourteenth-century Byzantine church of striped brick and stone, later a mosque, high above the harbour.
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This guide to the Church of Prophet Elijah in Thessaloniki's Upper Town is about a fourteenth-century church that lost its own name. It starts with the striped brick and stone of its walls, a fashion borrowed from Constantinople, and follows the building through its Ottoman centuries as the Saraylı Mosque. You'll hear why the saint over its door is a puzzle, and the Greek belief that keeps prophets on hilltops. Best heard standing by the east wall, close enough to touch the brickwork.
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