Waiting in the shade on Ermou Street

            Candid street photography in Athens

The Church of Panagia Kapnikarea (Greek: Εκκλησία της Παναγίας Καπνικαρέας) or just Kapnikarea (Greek: Καπνικαρέα) is a Greek Orthodox church and one of the oldest churches in Athens.

It is estimated that the church was built some time in the 11th century, perhaps around 1050. As it was common with the early Christian churches, this was built over an ancient Greek pagan temple dedicated to the worship of a goddess, possibly Athena or Demeter. When King Otto I King of the Kingdom of Greece brought the Bavarian architect Leo von Klenze to draw the new city plan of Athens, The church was considered for demolition and it was the King of Bavaria, Ludwig I who objected the decision and saved the church.

It appears that the Kapnikarea church may have originally been the katholikon of a monastery. Presently, the building is formed by a complex of three different units attached together; these units were built in succession: a) the largest south church dedicated to the Presentation of Mary to the Temple, b) the chapel of St Barbara on the northern side; and c) the exonarthex with the propylon to the west.

The larger of the two churches, the south one, is a domed complex, cross-in-square, which has been dated (on the basis of morphological criteria) to just after the middle of the 11th century.

The church is located in the center of the modern city of Athens, right in the middle of the high-traffic shopping area of Ermou street, at the edge of the Plaka district.

Taken in: Ελλάδα / Attica / Athens / Areopagos Hill (show map)

Taken on: October 8, 2008

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Camera: NIKON COOLPIX S520, f/5.6, 1/201 sec, 5.7mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON COOLPIX S520
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/201)
Focal Length:	5.7mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Snapseed 2.18.168212136
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