Elos.
Voutas.
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350. Voutas, Aghia Paraskevi at Kityros, wall painting (Βουτάς, Αγία Παρασκευή στον Κίτυρο, τοιχογραφία)
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Sklavopoula.
The decoration of the barrel-vaulted, single-nave church of
Saint George dates to 1290-1 and is the work of two artists. The
one who painted the E side expressed a conservative style,
while the other followed the latest developments. The church
of Panagia was painted in the first half of the 14th c. by an art-
350.
Voutas.
In the centre of Voutas village is the barrel-vaulted, single-nave
church of Saint Constantine, which was built and decorated in
the first decades of the 14th c. by painter Ioannis Pagomenos
and his co-workers. The church of the Soter features high-
quality decoration of the second half of the 14th c. The single-
nave church of Aghia Paraskevi at Kityros of “Tourma Kityrou”
contains wall-paintings executed in 1372-3. At the Chasi set-
tlement the folk decoration of the church of Saint John dates
from the first half of the 14th c.
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Elos.
In the centre of the village stands the barrel-vaulted, single-
nave church of Saint John Theologos. Its wall-paintings can
be attributed to Ioannis Pagomenos, the early 14th c., and his
colleagues. At the Kefali settlement is the church of Aghios
Athanasios, featuring high-quality decoration of 1393, while
that in the church of the Soter (1320) displays elements of
folk art.
ist who had consolidated the new trends of Palaeologan art.
The wall-paintings in the barrel-vaulted, single-nave church of
the Soter (second half of the 14th c.) are also of good quality.
In the isolated village of Zouses is found the ruined church of
Aghia Irene with wall-paintings similar to those in the Panagia
church.
