Cultural Association of Tragaia – Page 3

Panagia Protothronos

Τhe Church of Panagia Protothronos

Τhe Church of Panagia Protothronos (Greek: Παναγία Πρωτόθρονος, "Panagia of the First Throne") is located in the village of Halki in Tragaia, in the interior of Naxos island in Greece. The church is dedicated to the Annunciation, and was probably an early Christian basilica, of which only the synthronon and…

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St George Diasoritis

The church of Saint George Diasoritis

The church of Saint George Diasoritis (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος ο Διασορίτης), near Chalki, was built and decorated in the 11th century. It must have been one of the most important churches in the region, attested by the architecture, the wall paintings, the sculptures, the two arcosolia with graves in the…