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Agios Nikolaos Church in Maza

A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
The thirteen century Byzantine church of Agios Nikolaos is in the middle of the village of Maza, and it is open to visitors. The church has frescoes by Ioannis Pagomenos; the painter is also buried under the church.
Ioannis Pagomenos was the most hard-working, diverse, and pleasant of the known Cretan painters. For more than 30 years, between 1314 and 1347 he painted churches by himself. These churches include Agios Georgios in Komitades, Sfakia (1314), Agios Nikolaos in Moni, Selino (1315), the Panagia in Alikambos, Apokoronas (1316), Agios Georgios, Anidri, Selino (1323), Agios Nikolaos, Maza, Apokoronas (1326), Michael Archangelos, Kavalariana near Kandanos, Selino (1328), the Panagia of Beilitika near Kakodiki, Selino (1332) and the Panagia, Skafidia near Prodromi, Selino (1347).
 

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The Byzantine church of Agios Nikolaos in Maza
The Byzantine church of Agios Nikolaos in Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
A fresco by Ioannis Pagomenos in Agios Nikolaos, Maza
 
Visit the area of the sight: Maza