Basilica of St. Achillios

The Basilica of St. Achilleios is an early Byzantine basilica on the acropolis of Larissa, Greece, dedicated to the city's patron saint, St. Achilleios. The church was discovered and excavated in 1978, during works on the local free-air market. The excavations revealed the foundations of a mid-6th-century church, dedicated to St. Achilleios according to surviving inscriptions. Achillios had lived in the early 4th century and been the city's metropolitan bishop for 35 years. The structure is located on the top of the Frourio Hill, the city's acropolis, between the First Ancient Theatre and the later, Ottoman-era Bedesten.