St. Barbara Chapel
It is a small church with two columns and a small dome. The walls are full of randomly painted decorations and Christ is painted in the central apse. On the northern wall St. George and St. Theodore are represented slaying the dragon. Besides this is the scene of Flight to Egypt.
These frescoes are painted directly on the wall. Architectural details are not ignored and the purpose of the linear decoration is to give the feeling of a masonry-built church. Similar to the Barbara Church there are other XIth century churches with linear and geometric designs enriched with thick lines. They keep their mystery since nothing is written to give any explanation. Doubtlessly the birds, the strange figure between the two crosses and the spear ends are trying to represent some symbolic and magic forces that we can not appreciate at the moment.
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