Elenes.
Thronos.
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411. Thronos, Panagia (Θρόνος, Παναγία)
409.
Elenes.
In the middle of the village is the twin-naved church of Saint
Nicholas. The N of the original nave displays 13th c. frescoes.
410.
Meronas.
In the centre of Meronas is the church of Panagia, originally
barrel-vaulted and twin-naved. The largest nave is covered
with a pointed barrel-vault and the N with a half barrel-vault.
The apses of the bema are decorated with arcades supported
by colonettes. The S nave was added later and is similar to the
N. The lintel of the pointed doorframe in the S section bears
the Kallergis family’s coat of arms. The two original naves are
covered with frescoes of the mid-14th c. In the church is found
the portable icon of Panagia Hodegetria (mid-14th c.). Also
within the village stands the church of the Soter, with rem-
nants of wall-paintings. In the countryside are the churches of
Saint Nicholas, featuring decorations with Western influences
411.
Thronos.
In the middle of Thronos, on the boundaries of the ancient city
of Sybritus, which was an Early Christian see, are the founda-
tions of a timber-roofed, three-aisled basilica with remnants of
mosaic floor. On the apse of the basilica has been established
the barrel-vaulted church of Panagia bearing the Kallergis
family’s coat of arms on the lintel of the Gothic doorframe. The
church includes frescoes by two painters of the early 14th c.,
the first expressing the conservative folk tendencies of the 13th
c. and the second the academic trends of Palaeologan art. On
a hill above Kalogerou village lie the ruins of Ano Sybritos for-
tress, built in the second Byzantine period. During Venetian
rule it was used as a seat of the Castellany of Ano Sybritos.
(late 13th c.), the ruined church of Aghia Paraskevi with rem-
nants of wall-paintings, at Sochora the twin-naved church of
Panagia with domed narthex and featuring frescoes (14th c.)
underneath lime.
