Loutro.
Komitades.
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365. Komitades, Saint George, wall painting (painter Ioannis Pagomenos) (Κομητάδες, Άγιος Γεώργιος, τοιχογραφία (ζωγράφος Ιωάννης Παγωμένος))
362.
Loutro
.
W of Loutro survive remnants of the ancient city of Phoenix,
the winter seat of the see of Aradena. Among the ruins a large,
three-aisled Early Christian basilica can be detected. At the
Phoenix site is the single-nave church of the Soter with wall-
paintings of the 14th c.
363.
Anopolis.
In a mountainous location lie the ruins of the ancient settle-
ment of Anopolis, where remnants of a three-aisled basilica
can be distinguished at the Aghia Aikaterine site. In the church
of Saint George at present-day Anopolis fragments of wall-
paintings date from the mid-14th c. Three more churches, to-
day in poor repair, possibly belong to the same period.
364.
Chora Sfakion.
Numerous churches in Chora Sfakion display marble spolia
from Early Christian churches, of which none, however, have
been found. At the entrance to the village are the ruins of the
Castel Sfakia fortress, the seat of the Castellany of Sfakia. It
was built in the 13th c. in order to control rebellious Sfakians
and was repeatedly reconstructed. N of the fortress stands the
barrel-vaulted, single-nave church of Aghioi Pantes (14th c.)
with wall-paintings of Early Venetian rule period.
365.
Komitades.
S of Komitades is the barrel-vaulted, single-nave church of
Saint George with wall-paintings (1313-4) by Ioannis Pago-
menos.
