Doors galore
Church of Saint Paraskevi of the Dragon
The church of Agia Paraskevi was built sometime in the second half of the 11th century. It probably belonged to a small monastery, since there was no permanent settlement in the area at the time. The local crew employed mostly rough rubble masonry, a material that was readily available as opposed to clay tiles that were more appropriate (at least for the dome) but were evidently hard to procure. For such a small building, the church is abundantly endowed with doors, since there are five: one each on the north and south walls of the main church, and three more on the south, west, and north wall of the narthex. The last one is the only one still in use.
As seen on
Arta: a land of rivers