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KOZANI (Town) MAKEDONIA WEST
It dates back to the 17th century.
AGIOS GERMANOS (Village) PRESPES
The church of Aghios Germanos in the homonymous village is dedicated
to Aghios Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople, who according to the local tradition
died there and was buried inside the church. It is a registered cruciform done-shaped
church, founded a few years before 1006 A.D. Parts of frescoes dating back to
the 11th and 12th c. are preserved, whereas the whole of today's visible decoration
dates back to 1743 A.D.
(text: Andreas Andreou)
This text (extract) is cited October 2003 from the Prefecture
of Florina - Florina
Prefecture Tourism Committee tourist pamphlet.
It dates back to 1816.
It dates back to the 19th century.
KASTORIA (Town) MAKEDONIA WEST
Three-aisled basilica of the "Oriental" type, with a narthex and a
gallery. The aisles and the narthex are covered with barrel-vaults but over the
gallery the roof is semi-barrel vaulted. In the apse there is a synthronon (bench)
with a bishop's cathedra in the middle. A small chapel dedicated to St. Anne is
formend in the south section of the gallery.
Two layers of the wall paintings
of the church have been uncovered. The earlier, which dates from the end of
the 9th or the beginning of the 10th century, covers the narthex,
the side aisles, the middle aisle up to the height of the celestory, and part
of the gallery. The second layer, dated to the end of the 12th century, is visible
on the high celestory and the lower friezes of the pillars.
The
church has undergone several phases of restoration and protection work.
The triple-aisled basilica of Ayios Stephanos in Kastoria is one of
the oldest ecclesiastical monuments of the Balkan Peninsula. It has attractive
tile decoration and wall-paintings, the earliest of which date to the 9th century.
These wall-paintings are of exceptional significance as an example
of early painting reflecting a high level of iconographic and artistic attainment.
The painting is flat and abstract, with strange colour combinations, and the compositions
are geometrically arranged.
Some scattered dedicatory or liturgical scenes in the narthex and
on the lower sections of the walls in the main body of the church date to the
12th century. Scenes on the ceiling of this part of the church must have been
executed around 1200, while some others date to the 13th and 14th centuries.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
Triconch, domed church
founded in the 10th century. The exonarthex is a later addition. Three layers
of wall paintings are distinguished in the building: the earlier is dated
to 1260-1280 and is preserved on the arches of the naos
(except for the east) and on the walls of the esonarthex (except for the west).
A more recent layer, dated to the 17th century, covers the east arm of the cross,
the apse of the sanctuary, and the exonarthex.
The church was bombed in the 1940's and the dome and several parts
of the superstructure had collapsed. It was completely restored in the 1950's.
The Panayia (Virgin) Koumbelidiki or Skoutariotissa, a small triconch
church dated to the 10th century, has become the emblem of Kastoria. The small
dimensions of the church and its high dome with a variety of masonry work make
it an architectural gem of the city.
The 13th century wall-paintings are in poor condition. Their attraction
now lies largely in the Dormition of the Virgin at the west end of the main body
of the church, and in the rare representation of the Holy Trinity in the narthex.
Taken as a whole, the painting is conventional and lacks an inner
quality, yet it contains certain innovative features that foretell the creative
outburst of the Palaeologan age. Some of the painting in the narthex dates to
the 17th century, while the murals on the west front of the church were executed
in 1496.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
The church of the Taxiarchis (Archangel) of the Metropolis, a small
triple-aisled basilica with narthex, is of 10th century construction. Its considerable
interest lies equally in its antiquity and in its original wall-paintings.
While they have deteriorated through age, these paintings are of importance
to the study of art in the Middle Byzantine period. The old murals were painted
over in 1359/60, the more recent being the ones most visible today.
These later murals display their own characteristic techniques that
do not follow the rules governing painting as formulated at the time in the large
urban centres of Byzantium. From then on a local painting workshop existed in
Kastoria; it was inspired by locally conceived aesthetic canons and persisted
until the first years of the 16th century.
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This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
Ayios Nikolaos Kasnitzis is a small single-aisled church with 12th
century wall-paintings. These paintings provide a perfect example of how a church
of this shape is to be decorated.
The upper register of the painted surface is covered with scenes from
the Gospels and the lower with a row of full-length figures of saints. In the
narthex there are scenes from the life of Saint Nicholas, whom the church honours,
and representations of the donors, Nikephoros Kasnitzis and his wife Anna.
As for the artistic intent, all the figures display a similarity of
style, being the work of a painter bent on portraying tall, supple bodies and
noble faces, and using subdued colours devoid of abrupt transitions of tone. The
prevalent harmony and the rejection of all inessentials create a sense of that
unique inner solemnity which reflects the religious ideals current in the Komnenian
age.
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This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains images.
The church of Ayioi Anargyroi (dedicated to Saints Kosmas and Damianos)
is a three-aisled basilica of the 11th century with marvellous tile decoration
and interesting proportions. It has two layers of wall-paintings that belong to
the 11th and 12th centuries respectively.
The earliest murals, which are clearly visible where the later ones
have crumbled away, are not particularly expressive, being of a very conservative
character.
The 12th century paintings, on the other hand, present a rich iconography
and display all the signs of conspicuous artistic merit consistent with the dynamism
of Komnenian art. Elongated figures of saints, their faces imbued with an intense
spirituality, their stance noble, almost theatrical, create scenes in harmonious
colours that comprise one of the most important works of Byzantine art.
One may marvel at the figures, among several others, of the donor
Theodoros Limniotis, his wife Anna, their son Ioannis, and of the monk Theophilos
Limniotis.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains images.
The single-aisled church with narthex of the Panayia (Virgin) Mavriotissa,
the katholikon of the monastery bearing the same name, is probably an 11th century
building. A chapel dedicated to John the Theologian, with wall-paintings executed
in 1552 by the artist Eustathios Iakovou, was erected beside it in the 16th century.
The paintings that have survived in the katholikon are confined to
the sanctuary, the west wall of the main body of the church and the narthex. Their
particular style gives rise to pronounced reservations regarding their date, estimates
varying from the 11th to the early 13th centuries. Moreover their style lacks
features which would relate the paintings with local tradition.
The violence depicted in the wall-paintings and the distortions occurring
in the drawing reach the extremes of abstraction. Some of these old wall-paintings
were restored in the 13th century, while the exterior wall of the narthex was
decorated with new ones.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains images.
KATO KLINES (Village) FLORINA
It was built in 1838.
KOZANI (Town) MAKEDONIA WEST
Kozani's cathedral, Ayios Nikolaos, is a three-aisled vaulted basilica
with a pitched roof. Its cornerstone was laid in 1664 by the town's leading notable
Harisis
Trantas, and it underwent subsequent extensions and repairs in the 18th and
early 20th century.
An inscription dates its wall-paintings, the work of the brothers
Nikolaos and Theodoros from Ioannina, to 1770. Its carved
wooden iconstasis, altar, pulpit, and bishop's throne -- all decorated with
plants, animals and human figures --are true works of art. The name of their creator,
Bandoveris, as well as all the cost of the wooden furniture, are noted in a codex
from the mid-17th century.
Another of the church's treasures is the embroidered 'epitaphios'
(shroud) belonging to a certain Georgios Kontaris (1672). The seven storey bell
tower, built in 1855, rises next to the church.
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This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
It was built in the 19th century.
MIKROLIMNI (Village) PRESPES
It dates back to the 19th century.
It was built in 1908.
MILIONAS (Settlement) PRESPES
Outside the nearly deserted village of Milionas is the church of Ayios Nikolaos.
The 18th and 19th c icons from the church and the local tradition testify to the
existence of an earlier church on the same site. Another church dedicated to Ayia
Paraskevi, daded 1905, is found in Milionas.
OMORFOKLISSIA (Village) KASTORIA
The church was the catholicon (main church) of a monastery and in
its original plan, dated to the end of the 12th century, was cross-in-square of
the contracted type with a narthex. Later on, two more structures were added:
a wider narthex, which incorporated the previously freestanding bell-tower, and
a portico with chapels on the north and south sides. Recent restoration work revealed
fragments of the original layer of the wall paintings on the upper section of
the bell-tower, which has been converted to a chapel. A second layer of good quality
wall paintings, dated to the late 13th century, is preserved on the west wall
of the new narthex. The arcosolium on the north wall of the narthex is probably
connected with the founder's tomb. In a bay on the north wall of the church there
is a unique relief
icon of Saint George, dated to the end of the 13th century.
The monument was first restored in the 1950's but a project for its
complete restoration and rendering has been undertaken since 1989 and is planned
to be completed by 1997.
PENTALOFOS (Village) KOZANI
It is a three-aisled basilica.
It was built in the early 19th century.
This church was built in 1700 at the NW edge of Siatista town.
This is a basilica and was built in 1702.
It is a three-aisled basilica built in 1709.
It is a three-aisled basilica built in 1744.
It is a three-aisled basilica built in 1760 on the foot of the Mt. Velia (Griva Balabani).
It is a three-aisled basilica (late 18th century).
It is a three-aisled basilica built in 1798 by the monk Ionas.
It was built in 1963.
It was probably built in 1610.
TRANOVALTO (Village) KOZANI
ZEVGOSTASSI (Settlement) KASTORIA
AGIOS ILIAS (Village) KASTORIA
FLORINA (Town) MAKEDONIA WEST
Tel: +30 23850 26810
KLADORACHI (Village) FLORINA
Tel: +30 23850 28864
MIKROVALTO (Village) KOZANI
Tel: +30 24640 51210
MONI AGION ANARGYRON (Monastery) KASTORIA
Tel: +30 24670 98309
MONI AGIOU NIKANOROS (Monastery) GREVENA
The monastery of Zavorda, on mount Kallistraton, by the river Aliakmon, was founded in the beginning of the 16th century by Hosios Nikanor from Thessalonike. The buildings are organized around a central courtyard, following the pattern of the monasteries on Mount Athos. In the centre of the courtyard is the catholicon, a triconch church of the athonite type, richly decorated with wall paintings, dated to the 16th and 19th centuries. The founder's tomb is preserved on the south side of the church.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.
MONI KOIMISSEOS THEOTOKOU MIKROKASTROU (Monastery) KOZANI
Tel: +30 24650 71306
MONI PANAGIAS KLEISOURAS (Monastery) KASTORIA
Tel: +30 24670 22714
VASSILIADA (Village) KASTORIA
Tel: +30 24670 98298
NW of the village
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