Chabatha.
Kournas.
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387. Kournas, Saint George, wall painting of the first layer (Κουρνάς,
Άγιος Γεώργιος, τοιχογραφία α΄στρώματος)
387. Kournas, Aghia Irene, wall painting (Κουρνάς, Αγία Ειρήνη,
τοιχογραφία)
386. Alikambos, Panagia “Serothiane”, wall painting (painter Ioannis
Pagomenos) (Αλίκαμπος, Παναγία Σηροθιανή, τοιχογραφία (ζωγράφος
Ιωάννης Παγωμένος))
385.
Chabatha.
In the middle of the village survives the barrel-vaulted, single-
nave church of Saint George with wall-paintings of the late
14th c.
386.
Alikambos
.
The exterior of the barrel-vaulted, single-nave church of Pana-
gia “Serothiane” is decorated with numerous bowls. The wall-
paintings were created by Ioannis Pagomenos in 1316.
387.
Kournas
.
In the centre of Pano Kournas stands the four-aisled church
of Saint George and Christ. Originally, it was a three-aisled,
timber-roofed basilica with narthex, and then a timber-roofed
aisle with narthex was added. Later, the roofs of the larger
aisles were substituted by pointed barrel-vaults and those
of the smaller aisles by semicircular barrel-vaults. In the late
19th c. the narthex was demolished, a trilobe belfry was in-
