Listed 6 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "KASTELI Municipality HERAKLIO" .
EVANGELISMOS (Village) KASTELI
In the village of Evangelismos is the Byzantine church of Evangelismos
containing some unusual frescoes, including one that represents Adam and Eve in
paradise. The church has cruciform architecture without a dome and the transept
of the church is higher than the nave.
KASTELI (Village) HERAKLIO
In Kastelli is the Byzantine church of Agia Fotini and Agios Spiridon.
The church has an unusual shape composed of two aisles, one shorter and smaller
than the other. The exterior decorations of the windows and doors are interesting.
LYKTOS (Ancient city) KASTELI
The city also existed in Byzantine times. The church of Timios Stavros
is built on the site of an earlier, fifth century, basilica.
PIGI (Settlement) KASTELI
In Pigi the Byzantine church of Agios Pandeleimonas, one of the oldest
on Crete, is in a serene setting near trees and water. It is a three-aisled basilica
and the three aisles are separated by four arches in each aile. The last arch
towards the sanctuary is higher and circular. The arches are supported by columns
without capitals. One column is constructed from column capitals only, one above
the other. Those and many other parts of the church seem to have been taken from
older Byzantine or Roman buildings on the site. The outside walls of the church
are decorated with marbles, crosses, and inscriptions. One side of the church
has blind Byzantine brick arches that extend nearly to the roof of the church.
The frescoes in the church are in two overlapping layers with the first layer
containing some of the oldest paintings in Crete.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
SKLAVEROCHORI (Settlement) KASTELI
The village of Sklaverohori contains a Byzantine church, the Presentation
of the Virgin (Esodia Theotokou) with well-preserved frescoes of the fifteenth-sixteenth
century that are of high artistic quality.
KASTELI (Village) HERAKLIO
About 5 km NW of Kasteli, a sign on the road indicates the way to
the Monastery of Kallergi,
a lovely place, shady and cool, full of flowers. The church of Aghios Ioannis
was renovated in 1912, according to the inscription on the belfry, but bears obvious
architectural elements belonging to earlier dates.
The abbot Methodios Perakis bought the monastery in 1874 from the
larger monastery of Vidiani in the Lassithi
plateau. There are traces of monks having lived here at a much earlier date,
and according to M. Karavelakis, the present building was erected ca. 1850 on
the ruins of an older one.
The monastery was abandoned after its 1912 renovation, and a fire
completed its destruction in 1931, burning down over 800 trees. Nowadays, the
ancient church is in reasonably good condition and the main building has been
restored, with the vaulted SW part turned into a refectory. There is a newer church
built just outside the precincts of the monastery.
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