Sacred Spaces in Athens

This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.