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Church of Saint Demetrios (Thessalonica)

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[[Image:StDemetriusChurchThessalonica.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Church of St. Demetrius in Thessalonica, Greece]]
The '''Church of Saint Demetrios''' in [[Thessalonica]], Greece is situated on the site of previous churches built over the ruins of the Roman bath where St. [[Demetrios of Thessaloniki|Demetrios the Myrrhgusher]] was imprisoned and [[martyr]]ed. The present structure is a reconstruction of the seventh century church that was destroyed by fire in 1917. The [[church]] is a [[basilica]] with five [[apse]]s, a [[narthex]], and transept.
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