Perivolia is a village in the Municipality of Chania at an altitude of 60 meters, at the northern foothills of the Lefka Ori. The first reference to the area is made in the Egyptian census of 1834, where it is referred to as Perivolia.

In the settlement there are parts of monasteries but also ruins of Byzantine churches. The study building is also a one-room, vaulted church, an architectural type that was developed especially in Crete from the 13th century onwards. Most of these churches are pointed and are housed with a double roof, the building belongs to this category. Its pointed arch is strengthened by relief arches, which spread after the Venetian conquest.

Characteristic of this type of church is the direct supervision of the space as only the iconostasis interrupts the space, while the single arch unifies the space, even behind the iconostasis. Thus, the whole congregation is equally housed by the arch. The lighting of the space was initially done from a window on one of the two sides, from the door on the west and sometimes from another door on one of the two sides of the temple. However, as this type dominates in the long run and tends to become the only architectural design for churches in Crete, it is gradually showing an evolution. From the 16th century onwards, the size increases and the openings are located on both sides. According to these data, as the church of Agios Georgios has openings on both sides, it is concluded that it was built during this period. 

Agios Georgios is an unintentional monument, which is determined by the specific time that it was shaped, but its choice as a transmitter of remembrance of the specific time depends on the subjective will. The historical value lies in the recognition of the time and the conditions in which a project was created. According to this, what pre-existed can no longer exist in the same form. Today the church is a ruin, but it is worthy of antiquity. Therefore, the aim of the maintenance is to preserve the sense of antiquity and historical documentation of the monument, as this is a stage in the development of this type of architecture which tends to become the only architectural design for churches in Crete until the early 20th century, minimizing modern interventions.