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'Holy Wisdom' Ancient Greek pronunciation: [aˈʝia soˈfia]) or Holy Wisdom is a Byzantine church in the medieval town of Monemvasia, Peloponnese, Greece. It forms part of the wider archaeological site of Monemvasia. It was built on the upper town of Monemvasia, and was originally dedicated to Panagia Hodegetria. It is the most important ...
Sveti Nikole (Macedonian: Свети Николе [ˌsvɛːti ˈnikɔlɛ] ⓘ; meaning Saint Nicholas) is a town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Sveti Nikole Municipality and a center of a plain called Ovče Pole (Plain of sheep), famous for sheep farming, lamb meat, and dairy products of all kinds.
Also attested as "Nicholas Daimonoioannes, called Tarchaniotes" ("Nicolo Demonoiani ditto Traxanioti"). [34] Theodore Eudaimonogiannes ca. 1528–83 Son of Sophianos, he is attested as a member of the Greek Community in Venice, as garrison commander of Monemvasia in 1539, and then active at Chania along with his brothers. [35] Asanes ...
St. Nicholas Avenue and St. Nicholas Terrace, streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, an area originally settled by Dutch farmers, were named for St. Nicholas of Myra. The name later was taken for nearby St. Nicholas Park, located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 127th Street. [113]
Three years after Nicholas' death, archbishop Bisantius of Trani commissioned the building of a new cathedral dedicated to Nicholas and asked in 1098/99 while participating in the Lateran council Pope Urban II for his permission for the sanctification of Nicholas. [4] Trani Cathedral is dedicated to him, and he is the patron saint of the city. [7]
Saint Nicholas Monastery (Armenian: Սուրբ Նիկողայոս Վանք Հայոց, Hebrew: מנזר ניקולאס הקדוש) is an Armenian monastery built in the first millennium AD. Located in Old Jaffa , Tel Aviv , Israel , near the harbour and facing the Mediterranean , the monastery consists of a large multi-story complex that ...
The Church of St. Nicholas was built in 1732 in the tradition of Serbian medieval architecture combined with baroque elements. [1] It represents a cultural monument of great importance. The building was built as a one-nave temple, vaulted with a semi-circular vault, has a dome over the central part supported by four free columns and a five ...
West front of Trani Cathedral, with the bell tower. Trani Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Trani; Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta; Cattedrale di San Nicola Pellegrino) is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim in Trani, Apulia, south-eastern Italy.