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KOZANI (Town) MAKEDONIA WEST
It dates back to the 17th century.
Kozani's cathedral, Ayios Nikolaos, is a three-aisled vaulted basilica
with a pitched roof. Its cornerstone was laid in 1664 by the town's leading notable
Harisis
Trantas, and it underwent subsequent extensions and repairs in the 18th and
early 20th century.
An inscription dates its wall-paintings, the work of the brothers
Nikolaos and Theodoros from Ioannina, to 1770. Its carved
wooden iconstasis, altar, pulpit, and bishop's throne -- all decorated with
plants, animals and human figures --are true works of art. The name of their creator,
Bandoveris, as well as all the cost of the wooden furniture, are noted in a codex
from the mid-17th century.
Another of the church's treasures is the embroidered 'epitaphios'
(shroud) belonging to a certain Georgios Kontaris (1672). The seven storey bell
tower, built in 1855, rises next to the church.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
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