Kyrianna.
Kyrianna.
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413. Aghios Demetrios, church of Aghios Demetrios (Άγιος Δημήτριος, ομώνυμος ναός)
The fortress had visual contact with Amari and the fortress of
Monopari to the W. At Klisidi is the decorated church of Saint
George. At Kalogerou is the aisleless church of Aghia Marina,
and at the Kardamiana site is the church of Aghios Onuphrios,
with frescoes of 1300 and 1329-30 respectively. At the village
of Apostoloi is found the church of Saint Nicholas with wall-
paintings of the first half of the 14th c., including scenes of
the damned in hell and of dedicators, as well as the church of
Aghios Spyridon with wall-paintings of the same period.
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Kyrianna.
In the middle of Kyrianna village is the church of the Koimesis
of the Theotokos, with the chapel of Aghia Paraskevi, in the
shape of an inverted T, annexed in the S section. The original
church of the 11th c. was of a free cross plan with a dome.
Scanty remains of wall-paintings survive in two layers. During
Early Venetian rule the W crossarm was expanded to the W. In
the 16th c. the horizontal crossarms were converted into rudi-
mentary conches, the dome was reconstructed, the W barrel-
vault was enlarged, and the chapel of Aghia Paraskevi was
added in the S. Finally, in the early 17th c. the W crossarm was
augmented so that a façade decorated with carved, porous
stones could be constructed, displaying typical characteristics
of Mannerist architecture. At Aghia Triada the church of Aghia
Triada has frescoes of the mid-14th c.
