Bijgewerkt 2026·Te voet gecontroleerd·In Ano Poli, inside the old walls
A small church of around 1310–1320 in the upper town whose interior is covered, almost wall to wall, with exceptionally well-preserved Palaiologan frescoes — spared because, unusually among the city's Byzantine churches, it was never turned into a mosque under Ottoman rule, so its walls were never plastered over.
Church of Agios Nikolaos Orfanos · Byzantine (early 14th c.)
Periode
Byzantine (early 14th c.)
Locatie
Ano Poli, ~15 min uphill
Toegang
Free
Openingstijden
Limited, irregular hours, usually certain mornings; closed Tuesdays — check locally before visiting
Benodigde Tijd
20 minutes
Beoordeling
4.8★ · 737 beoordelingen
Openingstijden en prijzen voor het laatst gecontroleerd in 2026 — ze veranderen, dus controleer ze op de dag zelf.
Geschiedenis
Hoe het ontstond
Built in the early 14th century during the late Byzantine cultural flowering, it kept its frescoes intact through the Ottoman period and is part of the city's UNESCO listing.
Wat Je Ziet
Bij een bezoek
The complete cycle of brilliant, finely detailed wall paintings — one of the best-preserved fresco interiors in Greece.
Hoe te Bezoeken
A walk up into Ano Poli; the church sits in a quiet garden enclosure.
Beste Tijd
Morning when it is reliably open
Galerij
Bereikbaarheid
Locatie
Ano Poli, ~15 min uphill · In Ano Poli, inside the old walls
For its near-complete set of early-14th-century frescoes, considered among the finest Byzantine wall paintings preserved anywhere.
Unusually among the city's Byzantine churches, this small chapel of around 1310–1320 was never converted into a mosque under Ottoman rule, so its Palaiologan frescoes were never plastered over or destroyed — leaving an almost wall-to-wall set of early-14th-century wall paintings intact. It's a UNESCO-listed monument.
