Agios Ioannis (Festos)

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Agios Ioannis
Άγιος Ιωάννης
Agios Ioannis (Festos) (Greece)
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Basic data
Country GreeceGreece Greece
region Crete
Regional district Heraklion
local community Festos
Parish Tymbaki
Local community Kamilari
Geographic coordinates 35 ° 3 '  N , 24 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 3 '  N , 24 ° 49'  E
Height above d. M. 42  m
Residents 65 (2011)
LAU-1 code no. 91250502
Post Code 70200
Telephone code 28920

Agios Ioannis ( Greek Άγιος Ιωάννης , Saint John ') is a place in the south of the Greek island of Crete , 700 meters south of the archaeological site of Phaistos . The village is located on the site of the lower town of the ancient metropolis. As part of the local community of Kamilari, it belongs to the municipality of Tymbaki in the municipality of Festos .

designation

There are different statements about who the place was named after. One day the missionary John the Stranger , who came from the neighboring town of Sivas , is called. Others believe that the apostle John , to whom the village church is consecrated and whose festival is celebrated in the village on September 26, was the godfather for the name. An inscription in the church of Agios Pavlos says that it was built near the town of Baptistira . Therefore, it was suggested that the place was originally called Agios Ioannis o Baptistis ( Greek Άγιος Ιωάννης ο Βαπτιστής , John the Baptist '). Popularly the place is also called Loutro ( Greek Λουτρό , bath ').

Worth seeing

The village church of Agios Ioannis Theologos dates from the 16th century. In the village are the ruins of the tower of Agriolidis from the 17th century and an old Raki -Destillerie. The old church of Agios Pavlos is located 130 meters west of the village in the cemetery. If you follow the road to Matala , after about 200 meters you come to a geometric and two Roman tombs. The monastery church of Agios Georgios Falandras is located north of the Phaistos excavation site.

  • Church of Agios Ioannis Theologos
  • Agios Georgios Falandras church
  • Agios Pavlos Church
  • Wall painting in the church of Agios Pavlos with the evangelist Luke , above is the inscription from 1303/4

Agios Georgios Falandras

Agios Georgios Falandras is an early Venetian church from the 16th century of the former monastery of the same name. The name Falandras is derived from Filanda, which means something like 'textile factory' and is reminiscent of the monks ' silkworm breeding . The monastery probably stood at the place of Melikas, where John the Stranger founded the church of Agios Georgios Douvrikas as early as the 10th century. In 1821 the monastery and the church were destroyed by the Turks and finally abandoned. The church was rebuilt later.

Originally the church was planned to have two aisles. While the existing aisle on the right was dedicated to Saint George , the left aisle for the Virgin Mary was never completed. The bell tower was later converted into a two-story residential tower.

Agios Pavlos

The Agios Pavlos Church is one of the oldest churches in Crete. It is dedicated to the Apostle Paul of Tarsus and is a reminder that he once landed on Crete and perhaps even baptized locals on the spot. The rear part was probably built as a baptistery as early as the 5th to 6th centuries . At the beginning of the 14th century, the central part with the drum dome was added and the older part was converted into a chancel. Above the arches extending on the so-called fighter an inscription around rings. It says that in 1303/04 Emperor Andronikos II. Palaiologos , his second wife Yolande von Montferrat and his son from his first marriage Michael IX. Palaiologos had the church renovated and redesigned. The open vestibule was added in the Venetian era.

The few surviving frescoes from the 14th century are among the oldest in the paleological style and still follow the aesthetic principles of the Komnenian type. They show scenes from the life of the apostle Paul, a crucifixion and the punishment of sinners in hell.

Web links

Commons : Agios Ioannis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
  2. ^ Klaus Gallas: Crete, DuMont art travel guide . Cologne 1988, ISBN 3-7701-1729-8 , p. 266.
  3. ↑ Eberhard Fohrer: Crete . 18th edition. Michael Müller Verlag, Erlangen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89953-453-5 , p. 351
  4. ↑ Information board in front of the church of Agios Georgios Falandras
  5. ^ Klaus Gallas: Crete, DuMont art travel guide . Cologne 1988, ISBN 3-7701-1729-8 , pp. 265-266.
  6. ↑ Eberhard Fohrer: Crete . Erlangen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89953-453-5 , p. 252