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Panagia Church in Agia Roumeli

Mosaics in the Panagia Church, Agia Roumeli
Mosaics in the Panagia Church, Agia Roumeli
The Byzantine church of the Panagia in Agia Roumeli is a very important church. It is near the beach, after the end of the modern village and before the canyon becomes visible. The church is easily seen from the boats approaching from Sfakia. It was a very old, three-aisled basilica built with very large stones. Only part of the church remains today and the larger original church can be seen around the more recent Byzantine one. In the middle of the church there are traces of mosaics in white, black and red, with geometric motifs. It is believed that parts of the church had no roof. This is one of the earliest basilicas in Crete and the mosaic that can be seen today in the yard of the newer church, surrounded by the walls of the older church, may come from an even earlier Greek temple of the first century B.C.

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Mosaics in the Panagia Church in Agia Roumeli
Mosaics in the Panagia Church in Agia Roumeli
The Byzantine church of the Panagia in Agia Roumeli
The Byzantine church of the Panagia in Agia Roumeli
The apse of the Panagia Church in Agia Roumeli
The apse of the Panagia Church in Agia Roumeli
Mosaic floor in church of the Panagia in Agia Roumeli
Mosaic floor in church of the Panagia in Agia Roumeli
The Panagia Church, Agia Roumeli
The Panagia Church, Agia Roumeli
The Byzantine church of the Panagia in Agia Roumeli
The Byzantine church of the Panagia in Agia Roumeli
Mosaics in the Panagia Church, Agia Roumeli
Mosaics in the Panagia Church, Agia Roumeli
 
Visit the area of the sight: Agia Roumeli