Church of St. Constantine

The Church of St. Constantine stands in Thalames, in western Mani, Messenia, a Byzantine-era structure rooted in one of the region's oldest settled landscapes. The surrounding land near ancient Thalamai holds traces of habitation reaching from the Neolithic period through classical antiquity and into Roman times, set on the western slopes of the Taygetos mountains. Today the church is a protected building in Greece, a small but enduring landmark in a corner of the Peloponnese where centuries of history lie close beneath the surface.