Listed 8 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "AGIOS NIKOLAOS Town LASSITHI" .
AGIOS NIKOLAOS (Town) LASSITHI
In the sixteenth century, the Venetians gave the town its current
name, taken from the chapel of Agios Nikolaos on the peninsula of Limena. This
small Byzantine church contains rare frescoes from the eighth, tenth and eleventh
centuries and is a rare example of a Byzantine church built during the troubled
times of the eight century when the Arabs were pressuring the Byzantine empire.
This extract is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
KRITSA (Small town) AGIOS NIKOLAOS
The original aisleless church with cupola was built in the 13th century and it was dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin.
The other aisles were added in the next century and the church was repaired.
Today the church has three aisles and a cupola. The central aisle is decorated with frescoes dating in the 13th century. The side aisles are posterior; the northern is dedicated to St Antonius and the southern to St Anne: both of them were decorated with frescoes in the 14th century. The church's iconographic programs are extremely interesting, starting with the archaic style in the first layer of frescoes and continuing with the Paleologan style in the latter. Works of restoration, consolidation and tidying up are carried out.
The church receives daily many visitors.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains images.
Just before the village of Kritsa there is the famous church of the
Panagia Kera. This thirteenth century Byzantine church which is important because
of its frescoes, has three aisles and a dome construction. Each aisle contains
paintings from a different period, representing a different religious theme. The
central aisle, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, contains the oldest
paintings which reflect a mixture of styles. The south aisle has the best-preserved
paintings. In contrast to the more stylized paintings of the period, these paintings
display a tenderness and humanity in their rendering of the story of Anna, the
Virgin Mary's mother. The north aisle is dedicated to St. Anthony and has pictures
representing the Second Coming.
Although the Venetians occupied Crete during the period, they allowed the Cretans
to decorate their churches as they desired. The rare fresco techniques used and
the subject matters make the Panagia Kera particularly interesting to visit.
This extract is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
Ιn the Kritsa area is the cemetery church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos
dated 1370.
Agios Georgios containing remains of frescoes of the thirteenth century.
KROUSTAS (Village) AGIOS NIKOLAOS
The church is in an incredible location allowing superb views of the
valley below and Mirabelo Bay. The church has three aisles and dates from the
fourteenth century.
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