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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.
Back to Frescoes in the Nicholas tou Kasnitzi church at Kastoria, late 12th century