• SAINT JOHN THE MERCIFUL
  • Item ID : 365
  • Collection Name : Holy Metropolis of Argolida
  • Type : Temple
  • Year : c. 11th AD
  • Current Place : Ligourio
  • Description : Outside of the village, to the right side of the road, stand the oldest Byzantine church dedicated to Saint John Merciful.
    It is a two-aisled inscribed cruciform church with a dome.
    The variety of the church iconography distinguish it from others.
    Unfortunately only fragments of the old frescoes remain in a fairly good condition. They are on the left side on the narthex and the to the nave.