12th C. Byzantine Church of St. Jason and St. Sosipater, Anemomylos, Corfu
This is the most remarkable example of Byzantine architecture on Corfu, and is named after Saints who were the disciples of St. Paul and who brought Christianity to the Island. It was originally a katholicon (monastery church). Of domed cross design, there is still a debate about its age, 12th century being a safe attribution although 11th and even 10th century is also possible. The drum of the cupola is octagonal, there are three apses, and there are decorative friezes of brick patterned in imitation of kufic writing (i.e. the angular rather than the cursive arabic script).
12th C. Byzantine Church of St. Jason and St. Sosipater, Anemomylos, Corfu
This is the most remarkable example of Byzantine architecture on Corfu, and is named after Saints who were the disciples of St. Paul and who brought Christianity to the Island. It was originally a katholicon (monastery church). Of domed cross design, there is still a debate about its age, 12th century being a safe attribution although 11th and even 10th century is also possible. The drum of the cupola is octagonal, there are three apses, and there are decorative friezes of brick patterned in imitation of kufic writing (i.e. the angular rather than the cursive arabic script).