Listed 3 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for destination: "MESKLA Village MOUSSOURI".
In the lower part of the village on a dirt road, there is the Byzantine
church of Sotiras Christos with wall paintings by Theodore and Michalis Venieri
(1403), many of which, unfortunately, are in poor condition. The artists signed
their names on the donor's inscription.
The church of the Panagia (14C) dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin was built on the remains of an older temple dating from the Classical period and some mosaics were recently removed from a fifth or sixth century church. It is at the end of the village in front of the large newer church of the same name.
This text is cited Nov 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
The church of Michael Archangelos has a column of an earlier building
on its roof. The church is at the entrance of the village
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