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VILLAGESKrioneri
CHAPEL OF SAINT NICHOLAS
Nestling in the trees to the south of Krioneri is the Byzantine Church of Saint Nicholas. Beware though, the church that you can see from the road is a reconstruction of the original. Built in 2009, it is an attractive new-build based on the footprint of the adjacent ruin.
     Many Orthodox church buildings are rectangles symbolising the ship as a means of salvation (Noah's Ark). These churches, however, are cruciforms (cross shaped). Known as tetraconches, from the Greek for "four shells", they have four apses, one in each direction, usually of equal size.