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the neighbouring Panagia church. Sections of the Byzantine
castle’s defensive walls at Potami Karlovasou survive at a
good height, while in the interior are preserved remnants of
various structures, of a cistern and of a simple triconch church
with strongly projecting side conches.
Kastrovouni. (11)
At Kastrovouni, W of Kontakeika, are the remnants of a fortified
installation.
Drakaioi. (12)
The funerary church of Saint George is located N of Drakaioi
village. It is a small, barrel-vaulted, single-nave building with
an unattractive modernistic narthex added to its W. In the inte-
rior it features two layers of Byzantine frescoes. The first dates
from the last decades of the 13th c. and the second (in the
conch of the apse) from the first half of the 14th c.
Kallithea. (13)
The Panagia Makrine church was built in a cave on Mount
Kerkis and is a barrel-vaulted, single-nave structure. Today it
is the bema of a later church of athonite type (1764). It is totally
covered in frescoes dating from circa 1300.
Myloi. (14)
In the environs of Myloi, close to the river Imvrasos, there sur-
vive at a good height the ruins of a structure known as “Twelve
Doors”, named after its twelve arched openings. It is rectan-
gular and has a semicircular apse on the E narrow side. It was
constructed in the 9th-11th c., under Byzantine rule.
Panagia Sarantaskaliotissa. (15)
This small, barrel-vaulted, single-nave church was built in a
cave on the SW side of Mount Kerkis. Today, beneath the
whitewashed interior surfaces survive frescoes from the Byz-
antine years.
575. Samos, “Twelve Doors” structure (Σάμος, κτίσμα Δώδεκα Πόρτες)
575. Samos, early Christian cemetery at Panagitsa (Σάμος,
παλαιοχριστιανικό κοιμητήριο Παναγίτσας)
575. Samos, basilica at Panagitsa (Σάμος, βασιλική Παναγίτσας)
