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One of the two freshwater lakes in Crete is in Agia. The lake is beside
the road and in the spring is an excellent place for rare flower seekers, bird
watchers and nature lovers.
In Agia there is Virgin Mary's church (of Chania and Kydonia) which after the Arab occupation, for unknown reasons, was transferred by the Italians to the location Episkopi in Agia Kydonia. Following the customs of that time, the church was built in the ruins of an older one, so that materials from pervious ancient churches could be used. On the north wall of the church a part of an older temple is visible. The new church seems to be a "basilica" with arches and two ranges of pillars. Some of them are still preserved today. They were made of red marble and granite and standing on rectangle bases. The church collapsed quite early and has been reconstructed many times. It' s a very rare monument of this kind of Greece. The archaeological committee has characterized it as a preservable monument.
This text is cited Dec 2001 from a WebPage of the Municipality of Therissos.
In Agia there are the ruins of the church of the Panagia, which was the bishopric of Kydonia in the second Byzantine period. The remains of the Panagia are located in Episkopi, Agia. The church was built on the remains of an older one and older materials such as the marble remnants are still evident. The church was a three-aisled basilica. The side aisles were subdivided into four chapels, each with domes supported on the external walls by columns. The columns were made of red marble or granite and were supported by a rectangular base in order to increase their height, since they were from the previous church and were short. On the exterior walls the church has four oval windows, one for each of the chapels. There were other windows behind the church and traces of wall paintings can still be seen.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
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