Church of Soteira Kottakis, view from E-S. (Photograph by I. Liakoura)

Area: Plaka, Athens
Type: Cross-in-Square
Date: beginnings of the 11th century

Description:

The church is situated in Kydathinaion Street in Plaka, between Sotiros and Drakou Street, in the district Alikokko, like Hagia Aikaterini. It is thus named after the Kottakis family, who used to own it. It is a complex, four-columned, cross-in-square church dated to the first half of the 11th century. It has been severely damaged, while no wall paintings from the Byzantine period are preserved.

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