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DRYMONAS (Village) LEROS
It is aisleless barrel - vaulted church with a large apse. On the
south wall, there is a frescoe depicting the Virgin Nikopeios and is dated in
the 14th century. From time to time, repair and consolidation works are carried
out. In 1993 the frescoe was restored, and earlier frescoe layers have been discovered.
It is a place of worship.
It is an aisleless barrel vaulted church with a semi - circular apse.
Along the north and south wall there are two blind arches. nly a few wall paintings
remain today of the church' s original decoration: on the apse, there is the representation
of Deesis with a dedicatory inscription. On the east barrel - vault of the northern
part of the church, there is the representation of the Annunciation and on the
south, the Crucifixion. In the main part of the church, on the east blind arch
of the north wall, there is the Virgin enthroned Hodegetria and four front saints.
The frescoes are of the 14th century.
In the apse, the dedicatory inscription, read by the historian M.
Gedeon, mentions the church' s renovation in 1327.
In 1991 an excavatory research of an adjacent structure, west of the
church, uncovered christian burials.
From time to time the church is restored and repaired. In 1991 the
external masonry was consolidated and the surrounding place was tidied up. It
is a place of worship.
This text is cited Sept 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below.
It is a rectangular shaped church with a blind cupola. It was built over the ruins
of an early christian three aisled basilica. It is a place of worship.
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