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Near the village, at Bisa, is the Monastery of Ayios Georgios. Its foundation is estimated to have taken place in the late 16th-early 17th century, at any rate not later than 1620. It was never a large monastery but was, however, very rich and with many possessions. The small church has been extended in an easterly direction and was once filled with wall-paintings, very few of which survive today. The local residents say that in 1922 the church was used as a place of isolation for people suffering from smallpox. After the epidemic, in order to disinfect the church, the walls were pounded and whitewashed. A portion of the newer iconostasis of the mid-18th century, with excellent wood-carvings, survives, including two icons, one of the Theotokos (Virgin) and one of Christ. The Archaeological Service has found the remains of ancient towers at Marmara, Pyrgi and Kleismatia.
This extract is cited April 2004 from the Prefecture of Lefkada URL below, which contains images
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