Saint Merkourios. Kastoria, Nicholas tou Kasnitzi. Fresco of Nave, south wall

Kastoria, Nicholas tou Kasnitzi
Fresco of Nave, South Wall, Military Saint Merkourios, c. 1180.

Nave, South Wall, St. Merkourios (photo: S. Gerstel).
The wall paintings of this single-aisled church with narthex are contemporary to those of Hagioi Anargyroi in the same city. As with Hagioi Anargyroi, the donor of these paintings was a local aristocrat.

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