Chapel of Agios Georgios of LOK
Typologically, the Chapel of Agios Georgios of LOK was a single-domed church of the traditional Cycladic architecture with the volume of the bell tower having an expressionistic plasticity.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
1949 Beginning of construction. Completed in 1950.
Ottoman era (1453- 1821)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
Today, unfortunately, we see a church that has nothing to do with the one originally built. Extension works allow us only to imagine that the original church consisted only of the façade we currently see. Additions of objects (e.g. air conditioners) and internal modifications have completely altered a rare architectural example of modern Greek church making. Typologically, it was a single-domed church of the traditional Cycladic architecture with the volume of the bell tower having an expressionistic plasticity. The proximity to the sea is perfectly combined with the Aegean standards upon which its architecture is based.
What I can't see
The architect of the building is Periklis Sakellarios, a leading modernist of the 1950s and 1960s. The name of the church “LOK” comes from the Mountain Commando Battalion of the Army (LOK), as the church had been a military chapel.
Bibliography
http://www.culture2000.tee.gr/ATHENS/GREEK/main2.html
Last visit 7/9/2015
