"The church of Saint Nicholas" Kale Things to Do Tip by
traveloturc Kale Things to Do: 29 reviews and 81 photos The
earliest church of St. Nicholas at Myra was built in the 6th
century. The present-day church stems mainly from the 8th
century; a monastery was added in the second half of the 11th
century.In 1863 Czar Alexander II of Russia bought the building
and started to have it restored, but the work was never
finished. In 1963 the eastern and southern sides of the church
was excavated, in 1968 the former burial of St. Nicholas was
roofed over. The floor of the church is made of opus sectile, a
mosaic of coloured marble, and there are some remains of wall-
paintings. A Greek marble sarcophagus had been reused to bury
the Saint, but his bones were stolen in 1087 by merchants from
Bari, and now held in the cathedral of that city. More Things to
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