Aziz Nikolaos Kilisesi (Demre, Turkey)

LC control no.	n 2017018508
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Aziz Nikolaos Kilisesi (Demre, Turkey) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kirche des H. Nikolaos (Demre, Turkey) St. Nicholas Church (Demre, Turkey)
Found in	Demre - Myra Aziz Nikolaos kilisesi, 2015: t.p. (Aziz Nikolaos Kilisesi) p. 126 (Kirche des H. Nikolaos) Wikipedia, Mar. 31, 2017 (art. St. Nicholas Church, Demre. An ancient Byzantine Church located in modern-day town of Demre Antalya Province, (Southwest Turkey). Its usage is dated between 5th-12th centuries. It is most notable for being the burial place of St. Nicholas of Myra, who was the Eastern Orthodox bishop of the ancient city of Myra in the 4th century; church was built in AD 520 on the foundations of an older Christian church where Saint Nicholas served as a bishop; over time the church was flooded, filled with silt, and buried; in 1862 it was restored by Russian Tzar Nicholas I, who added a tower and made other changes to its Byzantine architecture) UNESCO; tentative list of World Heritage Sites, Mar. 31, 2017 (St.Nicholas is located in Demre on the Ka,-Finike highway 25 kms away from Finike)