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596. Thera, Akrotiri, Kastelli (Θήρα, Ακρωτήρι. Καστέλλι)
596. Thera, Pyrgos, Kastelli (Θήρα, Πύργος. Καστέλλι)
596. Thera, Emporio, Kastelli (Θήρα, Εμπορειό, Καστέλλι)
596. Thera, Mesa Gonia, Episkopi, wall paintings (Θήρα, Μέσα Γωνιά.
Επισκοπή, τοιχογραφίες)
significant monument on Thera is the Episkopi church at Mesa
Gonia (5). It is a four-columned cross-in-square building with
a dome and dates from the 11th c. It retains wall-paintings of
the 11th-12th c., an intact marble altar screen, and has incor-
porated Early Christian and Byzantine architectural elements.
The layers of frescoes in the cave church of Saint George at
Phoinikia, Oia (1), and in Saint John Mylonadon at Vourvoulo
(3), which is a rock-cut, double-apsed church, date from the
13th c. From the period of Venetian rule survive the remains of
five fortresses, known as “kastellia”, built to provide protection
from pirates and Turkish raids, and of the “goulades”, which
were private fortresses. Kastellia stood at Skaros (2), with the
seat of the Frankish administration, Emporio (9), Pyrgos (4),
Akrotiri (10) and Aghios Nikolaos at Pano Meria (Oia) (1). Of
the goulades, the one at Emporio (9) survives.
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Anaphi
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On the NE coast of Anaphi is the church of Saint Anthony (1)
with two barrel-vaulted spaces, the N featuring remnants of
wall-paintings that can be dated to the first half of the 14th c.
