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The pretty Byzantine church (c1080) has a stone-and-tile dome exterior but is famed throughout Greece for the fantastic mosaics that decorate the interior, particularly that of Christ Pantocrator in the main dome.
The mosaics of the dome and apse depict Christ Pantocrator with the Evangelists and Jesus blessing Peter and Paul; together with those of Ravenna, they are Italy’s finest.
Some of Spain’s very best works of art are in this museum, such as the great 12th century Cristo Pantocrator from the apse of the church of Sant Climent de Taüll in the Pyrenees.
In the grandiose interior, the luminous 12th- and 13th-century mosaics of the nave and apse depict the complete cycle of the Old Testament, replete with a 66-ft high Christ Pantocrator with saints, while the aisle mosaics narrate the miracles of Jesus.
In the nave are more glittering mosaics of Christ Pantocrator (Omnipotent Lord) with angels.