Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci

The Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci, Trieste, Italy, is a historical Greek Orthodox Church built in 1784-1787 and re designed by architect Matteo Pertsch. The building is also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicholas and Most Holy Trinity.[1]

Greek Orthodox Church
Chiesa di San Nicolò e della Santissima Trinità
Greek Orthodox Church in Trieste
45.6432500°N 13.7903000°E / 45.6432500; 13.7903000
CountryItaly
DenominationGreek Orthodox
Architecture
StyleByzantine
Completed1787

Description

The church is made up of a single-nave building with a basilica skeleton.[2]

The interior of the church is dominated by a richly golden and silver iconostasis which, as is usual in oriental churches, separates the choir from the nave.[3]

Fotogallery

References

  1. Cristina, Benussi (2007), « I Greci », in: Dentro Trieste - Ebrei, Greci, Sloveni, Serbi, Croati, Protestanti, Armeni, hrsg. v.
  2. Caterina Furlan, Giuseppe Pavanello (2000) : Trieste.
  3. "La Chiesa". comgrecotrieste.it. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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