Greece - Lagia, Church of the Assumption

Lagia is a village in southeast Mani with some stone mansions and a Greek Orthodox Church on the main square. The Church of the Assumption (Εκκλησία Κοίμησεως της Θεοτόκου) is built on a slope. Through the door in the tower one will reach a kind of balcony, which gives a view on the beautiful frescoes on the walls and ceiling. A staircase leads to the ground floor of this remarkable village church.

The church was constructed about 200 years ago with the full participation of local men and women, with building materials gathered from the surrounding mountains.

Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨*, Jadviga Grase, Gabi Lombardo, John FitzGerald and 42 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Schussentäler ^club

unglaublich viele und schöne kunsthistorische Kunstschätze zeigst du uns mit deinen
Fotos aus Griechenland. Danke dafür.

6 months ago.

Erhard Bernstein ^club

HFF!

6 months ago.

Malik Raoulda ^club

Bien renseignée et admirablement partagée.
HFF et heureuse fin de semaine paisible.

6 months ago.

Walter 7.8.1956 ^club

Ein schönes Wochenende, und HFF!

6 months ago.

Madeleine Defawes ^club

Superbes images de cette belle église richement décorée !
Bon weekend. Amitiés

6 months ago.

Annemarie ^club

Wonderful. HFF

6 months ago.

David Slater (Spodde… ^club

HFF Jaap and best wishes for the weekend.

6 months ago.

Herb Riddle ^club

Another well document church from you my friend. Well done.

HFF, enjoy the weekend. Herb

6 months ago.

Percy Schramm ^club

Beautiful series. HFF, wish you a fine weekend, Jaap !

6 months ago.

Denis Croissant ^club

Your Greek odyssey has brightened up my Friday Jaap!

6 months ago.

Nouchetdu38 ^club

Great series of this lovely typical church!!!!!!!!
All the best*****

6 months ago.

Günter Klaus ^club

Da hast du wieder eine sehr schöne Kirche ausgesucht lieber Jaap,mir gefallen immer die verschiedenen Perspektiven vom Inneren :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Tag,liebe Grüße Güni :))

6 months ago.

Ko Hummel ^club

HFF Jaap

6 months ago.

Guy Bacca (guybac) ^club

Très belle église bien mise en valeur par l'image principale. Et les PIPs nous font découvrir un intérieur magnifiquement décoré. Une belle série d'images

6 months ago.

Stephan Fey ^club

HFF and a good end of the week, Jaap!

6 months ago.

José Manuel Polo ^club

Exteriormente es iglesia bonita sin muchas complicaciones, me parece aún más bella sabiendo que la construyeron los del pueblo con materiales cercanos. Su interior está embellecido por su policromía. Como siempre, "made in Jaap” (es decir: “perfecto")

6 months ago. Edited 6 months ago.