Church of Agia Fotini Mantineias - Church of Agia Fotini Mantineias

Wow!

A unique church! Amazing!!!

A unique out of the box design of this magnificent church. A lot of details and interesting parts to explore. A must visit….

What a wonderful and different church

This is the most spectacular and inspirational architectural construction I've ever seen in my life!!! It should be by far the No1 place to visit in Greece. It's actually more impressive than Parthenon! The architect that designed this is a true magician for combining history, religion and construction, thus creating something that words cannot describe!

Very beautiful chirch

Although very recent (1970's) it is very interesting

Nothing can leave you indifferent when you stand in front of the beautiful church - Agia Fotini Mantineias. From the outside, the church looks like an ancient structure belonging to the Byzantine period, but the amazing story of its construction, which was completed in 1974, is inspiring in itself. The church was the life project of the Greek architect and iconographer - Kostas Papatheodorou. Papatheodorou was exposed to the idea of making a monumental new church after he returned to Greece after studying architecture in Berlin. He was entirely devoted to the project that was fully planned by him, a project that combined different elements of Classical, Byzantine and Modern architecture. The project on the one hand was spectacular in its beauty, but on the other hand, the freedom of action that Papatheodorou took on, put him in controversy with the clergy as he deviated from the guidelines that were accepted at the time. In any case, the end result is absolutely stunning, and in some ways reminds the style of the legendary Catalan architect - Antonio Gaudi. Bottom line - a wonderful spiritual monument and an important symbol of the historic, cultural and religious ties of the people of the region of Arcadia.