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264. Salamis, Saint John Prodromos at Resti (Σαλαμίνα, Ρέστη, Άγιος
Ιωάννης Πρόδρομος)
264. Salamis, Saint John Kalyvitis (Σαλαμίνα, Άγιος Ιωάννης ο
Καλυβίτης)
and at the Koimesis of the Theotokos (6). The Mid-Byzantine
period is characterised by a series of small, elegant, domed
churches. The ruined church of Aghios Demetrios (11th c.) on
the S slope of Mount Mavrovouni is cross-in-square with dome
(5). The Metamorphosis of the Soter and the Koimesis of the
Theotokos at Aianteion (or Moulki) are simple, four-columned,
cross-in-square churches dating from the late 12th-early 13th
c. (6). The simple, four-columned church of Saint George on
the road connecting the city of Salamis with the Phaneromene
monastery dates from the 12th c. (3). Saint John Prodromos at
the Loutsa site near Resti (4), Aghios Gregorios near Vasilika
(2) and Saint John Kalyvitis (8) near Saint Nicholas monastery
are triconch churches with domes, dating from the 11th-12th c.
The destroyed catholicon of the Old Monastery of Saint Nicho-
las Leimonas (7) is a barrel-vaulted, single-nave church dating
from the 12th c., as indicated by the Mid-Byzantine sculptures in
secondary use in the catholicon of the New Monastery (1742).
264. Salamis, Koimisis of the Theotokos at Moulki (Aianteion) (Σαλαμίνα,
Μούλκι (Αιάντειο). Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου)
