Axos, church of Agios Georgios (Saint George)


The church of Agios Georgios belongs to the single-nave barrel-vaulted type. It is likely that in the second half of the 14th century a narthex was added to a pre-existing church and the whole building was then decorated with murals.

Bibliography

Μ. Ανδριανάκης, Κ. Γιαπιτσόγλου, Χριστιανικά μνημεία της Κρήτης, Ηράκλειο 2012, σ. 293.

I. Spatharakis, Byzantine wall paintings of Crete, vol II. Mylopotamos Province, Leiden 2015, σ. 87-91.

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