• THE CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN PRODROMOS
  • Item ID : 351
  • Collection Name : Holy Metropolis of Argolida
  • Type : Temple
  • Year : 13th AD
  • Current Place : Alea village
  • Description : The church of Saint Prodromos (the Baptist) is located in the village of Alea and is the oldest Christian monument in the mountainous area of Argolida.
    A carving on marble the southern entrance testifies renovation in 1883. Increased and altered but the beauty of an old cruciform church with a dome on a renovation work done in 1912. Despite the alterations, the old dome, and the trilobe bell tower remained intact so as to remind us the centuries that carries.
    Internally several paintings have been survived, is of excellent beauty, which some researchers, mainly due to the majuscules existing, date the icons c. 13th century.