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594. Sikinos, Alopronoia, Panagia at Sykia, wall paintings (Σίκινος,
Αλοπρόνοια, Παναγία στη Συκιά, τοιχογραφίες)
594. Sikinos, Alopronoia, Panagia at Sykia (Σίκινος, Αλοπρόνοια,
Παναγία στη Συκιά)
594. Sikinos, Saint Nicholas at Raches Katergou, wall paintings (Σίκινος,
Άγιος Νικόλαος στις Ράχες Κατέργου, τοιχογραφίες)
original wall-painted decoration of the 13th and 14th c.: Saint
Nicholas at Raches Katergou (1299-1300) (5), Panagia at Sy-
kia near Alopronoia (6), Christ or the Metamorphosis of the
Soter near Chora (Lydis’ estate) (2), Aghios Stephanos near
Chorio (3), Saint Anne – Episkopi chapel – and Saint George
close to Episkopi (1351-2) (4). Their frescoes were created
by provincial artists who were privately sponsored, for exam-
ple by priest Georgios, who sponsored the church of Saint
George, and by the couple who were founders of the Aghios
Stephanos church. Remnants of medieval inhabitation have
been detected at the ancient village of Paliokastro (7), at the
NE tip of the island, close to Cape Malta. The Kastro, the resi-
dential nucleus of Chora (1), was built on the steep N side of
the island, probably in the second half of the 15th or in the
16th c., and is typical of a Cycladic fortified settlement.
