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Paliolygourio

Restoration Study of the Church of St. John the Theologian

The study was prepared by our office in 2009 and approved the same year. A rescue excavation survey followed, which was documented and completed. The restoration process has begun and is currently in progress.

Status In progress
Project type Monument
Area 80 sq.m.
Period 2009

Project description

The Church of St. John the Theologian is located in Paliolygourio and has been assessed and dated to the second half of the 11th century AD. It was later abandoned and suffered serious and extensive damage, either through human action or the passage of time. During the Second Venetian period (around 1700), the church was restored and given the form it has today; it belongs to the type of a two‑column cross‑in‑square church.

In its current form there is no narthex. Notable are the sanctuary apses on the east side of the church, where the remains of arched openings can be seen in the conches, finished with ceramic decoration to provide light and ventilation to the space, from the first building phase. During the restoration of 1700, the openings were reduced to slit size, with infill using the same masonry material in second use.