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Agios Athanasios church at Lithines
Monasteries · Lassithi Prefecture

Agios Athanasios church at Lithines

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5.0
century
XV
km · Sitia
16
Sitia
Agios Athanasios church at Lithines 2
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Byzantine church with tomb

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Ler a história

The central square of the picturesque village Lithines in the province Sitia hosts the Old School , which today operates as a cultural center. Just a few meters further we meet the Byzantine church of Agios Athanasios , dating back to the 15th century, but it does not bear frescoes.

In the initial single-room temple was added a transverse aisle in 1603, which housed the tomb of the local lord Georgios Vlachos , which survives in an excellent condition. Outside the temple there is a second burial monument (arcosol) in bad condition.

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