Saint Anna at Fourni
The barrel-vaulted church of St. Anna is dated to the late 14th– early 15th centuries on the basis of the stylistic features of the wall painting decoration which is preserved in its north and east sides. The church internally is shaped plastically with a series of shallow arches, while it also bears a plastic formation in the conch of the sanctuary where there is a five-lobed, pointed aperture, a unique element in Crete which refers us to western models. From the few surviving representations in the church, mainly Gospel scenes and individual saints, such as St. Eugenia, the representation of the Empty Tomb on the north side of the sanctuary, the enthroned St. Anna in whose lap is seated the All-Holy Virgin, and St. George being crowned by an angel, are better preserved.
