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To the west of the side of the square lies Agios Ioannis temple (1806)
with rich stone curved decoration that composes the most unique work of art in
the after Byzantine Architecture. For more eastern from the central square, there
is the church of the Blessed Panagias, the village's cathedral church, built in
1767 and decorated with rich stone curves, as well, part of wich belongs to the
old Byzantine convent of Oxias Episkepseos that Konstantine Malliasinos built
in 1204. In the enclosure of the church there are the temples of Agion Padon and
Agios Nikolaos. The Bishop's throne has been registrated in 1743, by after Byzantine
frescoes.
Other churches are Agiou Athanasiou in 1792, Agiou Georgiou, Metamorfosis
in 1797, Agias Triadas that was decorated by the folk painter Pagoni, the monastery
of Agiou Gerasimou in 1792 and finaly the impressive temple of Agia Magdalini
in Koukourava in 1802.
This text is cited September 2004 from the Community of Makrinitsa URL below, which contains images
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