Lindos - Church of Panagia (Virgin Mary)

To the left of the road up to the acropolis at Lindos, in a courtyard behind high walls, is the beautiful Church of Panayía, built for the Orthodox population by Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Order of St John from 1476 to 1503. It has a richly decorated iconostasis and one of the pebble mosaic pavements which were much favored in Lindos. On the barrel-vaulted roof and the dome are ceiling paintings of 1779.