Listed 12 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "PALEOCHORA Small town CHANIA" .
ANYDRI (Settlement) PELEKANOS
The Byzantine church of Agios Georgios is in the village of Anidri
with well-preserved frescoes of good quality by Ioannis Pagomenos inscribed with
the date 1323. On the wall there is a list of the donors of the church. The church
has two aisles separated with arches in between, and it also has a transverse
aisle, thus forming crosses externally. The church is on the southern edge of
the village overlooking the coast of Crete.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
CHONDROS (Settlement) PELEKANOS
In the village of Hondros, is the Byzantine church of Agia Paraskevi,
complete with frescoes.
KALAMOS (Settlement) PELEKANOS
In Kalamos there is the Byzantine church of Agios Ioannis containing
well-preserved frescoes.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
LISSOS (Ancient city) PELEKANOS
The church of the Panagia, near the temple of Asklipios contains frescoes.
The church of Agios Kirikos near the shore is very interesting because it has been built on the site of an earlier basilica, and has used building material from it. One can see marble columns and marbles with crosses and other decorations integrated within the walls of the newer Byzantine church.
This extact is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
SARAKINA (Village) PELEKANOS
In the centre of the village of Sarakina, there is the church of Agios
Ioannis containing frescoes from the fourteenth century.
SKLAVOPOULA (Village) PELEKANOS
In the upper part of the village of Sklavopoula, beside a school playground,
there is the church of Agios Georgios with frescoes in two different styles and
an inscription of 1290 above the window.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
In the lower part of the village of Sklavopoula is the Byzantine church of the Panagia. The church has many frescoes from the fourteenth century which are considered to be an important link in the development of the Cretan School. The donor of the church is shown with a model of the church.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
In the lower part of the village of Sklavopoula is the church of Sotiras Christos. It is unlocked and has frescoes of the fourteenth century, including one of the donor of the church against a background of trees and of the church.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
VLITHIA (Settlement) PELEKANOS
VOUTAS (Village) PELEKANOS
The church of Agia Paraskevi is 500 metres west of the village of
Voutas on the road to Kalamos and Sklavopoula. It has good frescoes from the fourteenth
century, including a curious fresco depicting the punishment of the dammed in
hell.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
SARAKINA (Village) PELEKANOS
In the village of Sarakina there is the church of Michael Archangelos
which contains frescoes of good quality from the fourteenth century.
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