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<Location> Pirgí, Mastichochoria, Chios Island
The Byzantine church of the Holy Apostles is situated near the central square of Pirgí. It was constructed between the twelfth and fourteenth century.
In the photo above is the façade seen from the central square. In the photo right is the external wall of the apsis, shot from the behind.
In the photo right is a closer shot of the external wall of the apsis. The decoration above the triple arches are made of bronze rivets.
In the photo below is the fresco decoration inside the church. As we were told that one person could shot one photo, each of us did one. The painter was Domestikos Kinigos of Crete.
