Galatsi.
Daphni Monastery.
CENTRAL GREECE
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259. Galatsi,
Omorphokklesia
(Γαλάτσι,
Ομορφοκκλησιά)
260. Elaionas,
Saint John
“Benizelon”
(Ελαιώνας,
Άγιος
Ιωάννης των
Μπενιζέλων
κάτοψη)
258.
Ambelokepoi,
Aghioi Pantes,
ground plan
(Αμπελόκηποι,
Άγιοι Πάντες
(κάτοψη))
258.
Ambelokepoi,
Aghia Triada
(Αμπελόκηποι,
Αγία Τριάδα)
259.
Galatsi.
Omorphokklesia at Galatsi, once a monastery catholicon, is a
distyle, cross-in-square church with refined cloisonné masonry.
In the S is an aisleless chapel with rib vaults, while in the W is
a narthex. The high-quality wall-paintings, following an icono-
graphic programme rich in theological and dogmatic ideas,
date from the last 20 years of the 13th c. The building is dated
to the third quarter of the 12th c., yet Western elements and
wall-paintings probably place it in the next century.
260.
Elaionas.
Saint John “Benizelon”, a domed triconch church, possibly
Late Byzantine, with subsequent addition of narthex, is the only
surviving monument in the large Athenian olive grove dating
before the Ottoman period.
261.
Daphni Monastery.
The Daphni monastery, the most significant Byzantine monu-
ment in Attica, consists of a robust fortification wall within which
survive a catholicon, some cells and ruins of the refectory and
other structures of the complex. The catholicon is a Greek-
cross domed octagon, with narthex, and is dated circa 1080.
