Sifnos.
Sifnos.
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Few Byzantine churches with wall-painted decoration are
known. The earlier frescoes’ layer in the conch of the barrel-
vaulted Panagia of Kouzis church at Portes (3) is dated to the
Byzantine period. At the Leno site are two small, nearly ruined
Byzantine churches, flat-roofed, with embedded architectural
elements, both known as Aghia Marina or Frangokklesia (2).
One of these churches has traces of wall-painting in the bema
conch.
584. Mykonos, Portes, Panagia of Kouzis (Μύκονος, Πόρτες, Παναγία
του Κουζή)
584. Mykonos, Portes, Panagia of Kouzis, wall painting (Μύκονος,
Πόρτες, Παναγία του Κουζή, τοιχογραφία)
584. Mykonos, Leno, Aghies Marines or Frangokklesies (Μύκονος,
Ληνώ, Αγίες Μαρίνες ή Φραγκοκκλησιές)
585.
Sifnos.
On the top of a hill in the E of Sifnos is the dominant fortified
settlement of Kastro (1). Due to its key position, it must have
been a safe place to settle during the Byzantine years, as in-
dicated by the Early Byzantine pottery and the few Byzantine
architectural elements incorporated in buildings or walls of the
later village. The continuous inhabitation of the hill and the
extensive defensive works by Lord Januli I da Corogna in the
early 14th c. may have substantially resulted in the first elimi-
nation of the Byzantine or earlier building phases of the village.
Within the castle a Latin inscription by Januli II da Corogna
remains on an octagonal marble column mentioning the date
1374. At Kastro stands the church of Saint Anthony or Fran-
gantonis, a single-nave building from the period of Venetian
occupation, which, according to traveller Buchon (1841), was
