Church of John the Baptist

Church of John the Baptist

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The temple architecturally is a three-aisled basilica of the type known in the 19th century, during the Ottoman Empire. On the outside of the church you can see forged, heavy iron bars on the windows, and various embossed symbols carved in marble or sandstone. The doorframes, at all openings, made of reddish stone, from Mandra area. Notice one of the carvings, which is on the east side, and is situated in a semicircular arc. It was build with small, wedge stones, voussoirs, with two different materials and colors, white and red. In the carving you can read the initials of the name of Christ and the date of construction of the temple. On the east side, cornices, windows and arch are decorated with indigo chevron. All these elements, the focus color (voussoirs, braid), the volume of the sanctuary and dating in the carving confers sovereignty of this aspect in relation to the rest of the church, as was customary to prevail in Byzantine times. The west façade, main entrance of the church, is adorned only by a newer loggia, while the other sides, the north and the south, are unadorned.

Now let's just describe the Temple.The temple architecturally is a three-aisled basilica of the type known in the 19th century, during the Ottoman Empire. On the outside of the church you can see forged, heavy iron bars on the windows, and various embossed symbols carved in marble,, or sandstone. The doorframes, at all openings, made of reddish stone, from Mandra area. Notice one of the carvings, which is on the east side, and is situated in a semicircular arc. It was build with small, wedge stones, voussoirs, with two different materials and colors, white and red. In the carving,, you can read the initials of the name of Christ,, and the date of construction of the temple. On the east side, cornices, windows,,and arch,, are decorated with indigo chevron. All these elements, the focus color (voussoirs, braid), the volume of the sanctuary and dating in the carving confers sovereignty of this aspect in relation to the rest of the church,, as was customary to prevail in Byzantine times. The west façade,, main entrance of the church, is adorned only by a newer loggia, while the other sides, the north and the south, are unadorned.

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