Listed 29 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "SELINO Province CHANIA" .
ANISSARAKI (Settlement) KANDANOS
In Anisaraki there is the church of Agia Anna with frescoes from 1462
and nine donors of the church are shown. The painted stone altar screen (iconostasis)
is also a rare feature in this church.
The church of the Panagia, with good quality, well-preserved fourteenth
century frescoes.
The church of Agia Paraskevi with frescoes from the fourteenth century.
ANYDRI (Settlement) PELEKANOS
The Byzantine church of Agios Georgios is in the village of Anidri
with well-preserved frescoes of good quality by Ioannis Pagomenos inscribed with
the date 1323. On the wall there is a list of the donors of the church. The church
has two aisles separated with arches in between, and it also has a transverse
aisle, thus forming crosses externally. The church is on the southern edge of
the village overlooking the coast of Crete.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
CHONDROS (Settlement) PELEKANOS
In the village of Hondros, is the Byzantine church of Agia Paraskevi,
complete with frescoes.
FLORIA (Settlement) KANDANOS
In Kato Floria is the Byzantine church of Agios Georgios with well-preserved
wall paintings by Ioannis Provatopoulos dated 1497. The donor of the church is
shown to the right of the door and outside the church there is a melon decoration.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
The church of Agii Pateres is in Ano Floria with wall paintings by
Xenos Digenis dated 1462
KADROS (Settlement) KANDANOS
In Kadros is the Byzantine church of the Panagia. Outside the Panagia
there are ancient columns from an earlier building. The church also has well-preserved
frescoes, among which the unusually austere figure of the Panagia is dominant.
KALAMOS (Settlement) PELEKANOS
In Kalamos there is the Byzantine church of Agios Ioannis containing
well-preserved frescoes.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
KANDANOS (Village) CHANIA
Sotiras Christos, in the neighbourhood of Tzevremiana, is one of the
most important churches in Crete. The church itself does not seem to be very old,
but it has many parts of an older basilica incorporated into its construction.
There are column capitals of an older church throughout the newer one. A part
of a cross and a column have been built in the wall of the church. There are also
several small columns with crosses that have been used to support blind arches
in the interior of the church. The local people believe that all those pieces
belonged to an older bishopric church. The church itself is of a single aisle,
long, and has interesting Byzantine brick decorations at the back. Brick decorations
have also been constructed around the church's back window. The church has blind
arches to support its structure. Inside the church there are interesting frescoes
from the fourteenth century.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
KAVALARIANA (Settlement) KANDANOS
In Kavalariana there is the Byzantine church of Michael Archangelos
with frescoes by Ioannis Pagomenos dated at 1327. The fourteen donors of the church
are shown in two groups.
KOUTSOGERAKO (Settlement) ANATOLIKO SELINO
The church of Agia Anna is on the opposite hill above the village
and contains frescoes. The view of the village from here is very attractive. There
is also a path from the village that goes east to the villages' high summer pastures
in the Lefka Ori.
The church of Agios Georgios on a hill above the village, has the date 1488 inscribed on its wall and contains frescoes by Georgios Provatopoulos.
LISSOS (Ancient city) PELEKANOS
The church of the Panagia, near the temple of Asklipios contains frescoes.
The church of Agios Kirikos near the shore is very interesting because it has been built on the site of an earlier basilica, and has used building material from it. One can see marble columns and marbles with crosses and other decorations integrated within the walls of the newer Byzantine church.
This extact is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
MONI (Settlement) ANATOLIKO SELINO
The church of Agios Nikolaos has a Venetian bell tower and Byzantine
wall paintings from 1315 by Ioannis Pagomenos. There is an unusually large fresco
of Agios Nikolaos. The church is not seen from the road.
PLEMENIANA (Village) KANDANOS
After Plemeniana, on the road from Kandanos to Paleohora, is the church
of Agios Georgios with large, handsome frescoes from the beginning of the fifteenth
century. The two donors of the church are again shown; the woman is kneeling.
South of Kandanos, there is the church of the Panagia Mirtidiotisa (Our Lady of the Myrtles). The short
narrow path that leads to the church has old myrtle trees along it and the fresco
of the donors depicts them among myrtle.
RODOVANI (Village) ANATOLIKO SELINO
The Byzantine church of the Panagia, in the location of Kalomiri,
contains frescoes of the donors, which are believed to be Georgios and Moshana
Kantanoleon. Georgios Kantanoleon was the leader of a successful revolution against
the Venetians in the sixteenth century. He had established a government and was
collecting taxes in the area. Other Byzantine churches in the area with (destroyed)
frescoes are Agia Paraskevi, Agios Georgios and Agios Ioannis.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
SARAKINA (Village) PELEKANOS
In the centre of the village of Sarakina, there is the church of Agios
Ioannis containing frescoes from the fourteenth century.
SKLAVOPOULA (Village) PELEKANOS
In the upper part of the village of Sklavopoula, beside a school playground,
there is the church of Agios Georgios with frescoes in two different styles and
an inscription of 1290 above the window.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
In the lower part of the village of Sklavopoula is the Byzantine church of the Panagia. The church has many frescoes from the fourteenth century which are considered to be an important link in the development of the Cretan School. The donor of the church is shown with a model of the church.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
In the lower part of the village of Sklavopoula is the church of Sotiras Christos. It is unlocked and has frescoes of the fourteenth century, including one of the donor of the church against a background of trees and of the church.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
SOUGIA (Village) CHANIA
Above Sougia is the Byzantine church of Agia Irini. The church is
not visible from the town but can be reached after 4km along the dirt track (rough
on a car) going west at the entrance to Sougia. The hiker's reward is a spectacular
view of the bay from a hill high above Sougia. Agia Irini is a small but beautiful
church of cruciform architecture with a high dome at the centre.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
In Sougia there are the mosaic remains of a basilica of the first Byzantine period (6C). The remains are of excellent quality, the best of this era on Crete and represent exotic birds (peacocks--signs of immortality), flowers, as well as animals, and other patterns. The recently restored mosaics are in the modern church which has been built on top of them.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
VLITHIA (Settlement) PELEKANOS
VOUTAS (Village) PELEKANOS
The church of Agia Paraskevi is 500 metres west of the village of
Voutas on the road to Kalamos and Sklavopoula. It has good frescoes from the fourteenth
century, including a curious fresco depicting the punishment of the dammed in
hell.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
AGIA IRINI (Settlement) ANATOLIKO SELINO
SARAKINA (Village) PELEKANOS
In the village of Sarakina there is the church of Michael Archangelos
which contains frescoes of good quality from the fourteenth century.
Receive our daily Newsletter with all the latest updates on the Greek Travel industry.
Subscribe now!
