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LABINI (Village) LAMBI
Lambini contains the Byzantine church of the Panagia Lambini, which
was built or renovated in early Venetian times. During the Byzantine era the bishopric
of Lambis was probably here. The church has cruciform architecture with a dome
supported by a drum and shorter side rooms so that the overall shape of the church
is almost a rectangle. The dome is supported by a drum with blind arches, and
these are also found on the sides of the church. The arches of the dome are agreeably
decorated with bricks in the Byzantine style. The church also contains frescoes
from the fourteenth century. In 1827 the Turks trapped Christians attending a
mass within the church, killed the men, and sold the women and children in Rethimnon.
This text is cited Dec 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
In the village of Lampini and 27 km from Rethymno in the direction of the village of Spili, the Church of Panaghia is situated. The cruciform church is inscribed with a cupola and depicts frescoes of the 12th and 14th century. It was an Episcopal church, since the village of Lampini once accommodated the seat of the famous Episcopate of Lampis, which had existed since 431.
The Byzantine church of Agios Georgios contains frescoes of good quality,
with expressive faces. The church is on the side of a hill on the right of the
village.
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