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Remains of two basilicas and of numerous scattered architec-
tural sculptures attest the inhabitation of the island in the Early
Christian period. At Nimporio, on the site of three chapels
(Koimesis of the Theotokos, Aghia Kara and Sotera) (1), there
survive the semicircular bema apse, the base of the N interior
colonnade, as well as part of a mosaic floor of a pre-existing
three-aisled basilica (second half of the 6th c.). In the interior
S wall of the third chapel an apse has been revealed, featuring
faint Early Christian wall-paintings. The church of Archangel
Michael Avlakiotes at Pedi (3) may have been built on the ruins
of an Early Christian basilica.
The wall-paintings in Saint John at Tsangria (13th c.) (5) are
a remarkable example of Late Byzantine art. The frescoes in
Aghios Prokopios (6) and in Aghia Marina at Nera (7) (late
607. Symi, Aghios Prokopios, wall painting (Σύμη, Άγιος Προκόπιος,
τοιχογραφία)
607. Symi, Saint John at Tsangria, wall painting (Σύμη, Άγιος Ιωάννης
Τσαγκριάς, τοιχογραφία)
607. Symi, basilica at Nimporio, mosaic (Σύμη, Νημπορειό,
παλαιοχριστιανική βασιλική, ψηφιδωτό)
