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KERAMIO (Village) LESVOS
The church
of St John (Agios Ioannis) is located in the centre of Lesbos,
at the village Kerami, between Kalloni
and Papiana. It is of relatively small dimensions (11,70 x 4,50 m), built according
to the type of a side-aisled basilica, with an addition of a wood-roofed collonate
along the north side.
According to the inscription plate, the church was built in 1733.
It is built of stones, while an upper zone of ceramic ornamentation is created
by five horizontal zones of bricks, which alternate in their arrangement creating
an impressive decoration.
The interior of the sanctuary is decorated with wall paintings contemporary
to the erection of the monument. They present a typical iconography, according
to which in the upper zone we find scenes from the life of Christ, in the middle
zone depictions of saints while the lower one is taken up by a decorative motive.
For the time being restoration works of the wall paintings are carried
out by the 14th Ephorate
of Byzantine Antiquities.
This text is cited June 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.
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