Basilica of Gliki

The ruined church lies near the bank of river Acheron. Two rows of columns divide the interior into three aisles. The apse of the sanctuary is three-sided, while a smaller, semicircular apse occupies the north end of the sanctuary, in the area of the prothesis. The basilica has a transept and a tripartite narthex to the west. It was probably wooden-roofed and the wall masonry is pseudo-isodomic with large stone blocks enclosed by bricks. The interior is decorated with wall paintings dated to the 17th and 18th centuries.

The basilica of Gliki was built in the Byzantine period, probably in the years of the Despotate of Epiros. During the excavation it was realized that the building was erected on top of an earlier structure, dated to the Early Christian period. It cannot be identified with the church that was founded by Saint Donatos in Evroia, with the donation of Theodosius the Great. There is a possibility though, that the ancient site of Evroia was not far from the modern village of Gliki.

Excavations on the site were conducted in two campaigns, in 1953-54 (by D. Pallas) and in 1970-72. In the second campaign, the monument was completely uncovered and a second rectangular structure of the Early Christian period was found to the south of the basilica's narthex.
The site was enclosed with a fence in 1965.

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