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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens aka Metropolis Athens Greece
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Known to the locals as Metropolis, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens is a stunning sight, sitting in the center of Athens. You may want to snap a picture and move along, stare at it's facade or go the whole hog and see what lurks inside! • • The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου) popularly known as the Mētrópolis , is the cathedral church of the Archbishopric of Athens and all Greece. • • Construction of the Cathedral began on Christmas Day, 1842 with the laying of the cornerstone by King Otto and Queen Amalia. • • Workers used marble from 72 demolished churches to build the Cathedral's immense walls. Three architects and 20 years later, it was complete. On May 21, 1862, the completed Cathedral was dedicated to the Annunciation of the Mother of God '(Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου)' by the King and Queen. The Cathedral is a three-aisled, domed basilica that measures 130 feet (40 m) long, 65 feet (20 m) wide, and 80 feet (24 m) high. Inside are the tombs of two saints killed by the Ottoman Turks during the Ottoman period: Saint Philothei and Patriarch Gregory V. • • Saint Philothei built a convent, was martyred in 1559, and her bones are still visible in a silver reliquary. She is honored for ransoming Greek women enslaved in Ottoman Empire's harems. • • Gregory V the Ethnomartyr, Patriarch of Constantinople, was hanged by order of Sultan Mahmud II and his body thrown into the Bosphorus in 1821, in retaliation for the Greek uprising on March 25, leading to the Greek War of Independence. His body was rescued by Greek sailors and eventually enshrined in Athens. • • To the immediate south of the Cathedral is the little Church of St. Eleftherios also called the Little Mitropoli. • • In the Square in front of the Cathedral stand two statues. The first is that of Saint Constantine XI the Ethnomartyr, the last Byzantine Emperor. The second is a statue of Archbishop Damaskinos who was Archbishop of Athens during World War II and was Regent for King George II and Prime Minister of Greece in 1946. • • The Metropolitan Cathedral remains a major landmark in Athens and the site of important ceremonies with national political figures present, as well as weddings and funerals of the rich and famous. • • Video Title: The Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens aka Metropolis (Athens, Greece) • • Video File Created Date: 16 February 2017 (Video may or may not have been captured on this date, it shows the date the video was last converted.) • • -- Video Uploaded and Managed using YouTube Bulk Uploader for the Lazy! • -- Manage and Auto-Tag your YouTube videos offline... Then upload! • -- http://ginkosolutions.com/youtube-bul... • -- GinkoSolutions.com
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