Listed 5 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "GEORGIOUPOLI Municipality CHANIA" .
FYLAKI (Village) GEORGIOUPOLI
In Filaki there is the Byzantine church of Agia Anna with one of the
best decorated tombs on Crete within the church. The tomb of Kalergis (an important
Cretan family during the Venetian era) has ornate decoration with dolphins.
KOURNAS (Village) GEORGIOUPOLI
The church of the Panagia is well-known for the ornate exterior decoration
of its windows and doors. The church is over-shadowed by a large new church in
the centre of the village.
The church of Agia Irini has remnants of wall paintings. The church
is in the middle of the village on the north side below the road. There is a staircase
from the road to the church.
The church of Agios Georgios is a three-aisled church with a narthex subdivided into three spaces. The church has supporting blind arches. Apparently it also had a fourth aisle in the past. There are also frescoes in Agios Georgios presently being restored. There are two unusal frescoes of huge hands holding scripture in the apses. The church is in the east end of the village.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
MOURI (Village) GEORGIOUPOLI
The Byzantine church of Agios Nikolaos has unusual architecture. Although it is a cruciform Byzantine style of architecture, its transept is higher than its nave. Usually, in most cruciform architecture churches the reverse is true, or both aisles are of the same height. The church contains frescoes; the most interesting is the unusually large painting of Agios Nikolaos.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
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