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The village of Ziros is 30km south of Sitia on the Sitia - Piskokefalo - Epano Episkopi - Handras - Ziros road. There are a number of Byzantine churches in the area. Agios Nikolaos, another church in the village, is full of frescoes and was one of the last churches painted in this manner. As the painting of icons became more popular, the art of fresco painting disappeared. Ziros is a very pleasant village situated among some of the richest vineyards and olives groves in Crete.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.
This small village is about 30 km south of Sitia and has very poor history. It was occupied by Turks and a plot killed a number of local men in the church of Agia Paraskevi. The bones of these men are on display in the same church. In Agia Paraskevi is also a fresco on the arch above the door dated 1565.
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