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The village of Episkopi is 7km north from Ierapetra. There is an architecturally interesting Byzantine church in Episkopi--the church of Agios Georgios, on the east side of the village square. The new church of the Panagia has a doorway and columns taken from an older Byzantine church. Behind the church there are some marble remains of the older church. The church of the Panagia was a bishopric church during the second Byzantine period. Tradition says that it was named the Panagia of Seven Domes because of its seven domes.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.
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