Attali.
Pyrgos.
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166. Pyrgos, Saint Nicholas (Πύργος, Άγιος Νικόλαος)
163. Attali, Eisodia of Theotokos (Άτταλη, Εισόδια της Θεοτόκου)
163. Attali, Saint Nicholas, masonry (Άτταλη, Άγιος Νικόλαος,
τοιχοποιία)
c. The masonry up to a specific height is of the church’s first
building phase. The underground crypt in the centre of the floor
and the arcosolia on the side walls indicate it is a funerary ba-
silica. A short distance away is a naiskos, mostly reconstructed
after an earthquake in 1910. At the N edge of the village, close
to the church, are the remnants of an Early Christian structure
with mosaic floors, comprising a naiskos, a narthex and a large
vestibule with a conch in the W. The function of this building
remains unknown.
163.
Attali.
In this village two major Byzantine monuments lie at a short dis-
tance from each other: the ruined church of Saint Nicholas (late
10th-early 11th c.), a domed cross-in-square of the transitional
type, and the Eisodia of Theotokos church, a three-aisled ba-
silica of later construction, which incorporated alterations and
further interventions in subsequent years. Remarkable sculp-
tures survive from the marble altar screens of both churches.
164.
Chiliadou.
At the Chiliadou site, NE of Stropones village, is the catholicon
of the Koimesis of the Theotokos monastery, a massive, castel-
lated construction. It is three-aisled and four piers support the
roof. Estimated to have been built in the 13th c., it has not been
investigated.
165.
Kymi.
In the dominating W of the Chile promontory are the ruins of
the fortress of Saint George, with remnants of a chapel within
the walls.
166.
Pyrgos.
Outside Pyrgos there is an aisleless, barrel-vaulted naiskos of
Saint Nicholas, preserving three layers of wall-paintings dating
from 1250-75 until approximately 1310.
