Listed 27 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "MALEVIZIO Province HERAKLIO" .
ANO ASSITES (Village) MALEVIZIO
The church of Michael Archangelos is in the location Vlahiana, on
the east of the village of Ano Asites. The two-aisled church has well-executed
decorations in relief on the exteriors of the doors, decorative plates (rosettes),
and an unusual back window. From the church there is a good view of the valley
below.
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FODELE (Village) GAZI
The Byzantine church of the Panagia, northwest of the village, is
built on the remains of a seventh century church. The older church was a basilica
with three aisles. The newer church, dating from the beginning of the second Byzantine
period (11C) has the typical cruciform style of the Byzantine churches. The two
axis of the cross are higher than the rest of the church which has a rectangular
perimeter. A dome with windows is on top of the church and the windows around
the church are decorated with bricks and arches. The church contains many remains
of frescoes in addition to a marble relief from the earlier church representing
a wild animal and two wild goats.
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KAMARIOTIS (Village) TYLISSOS
The three-aisled Byzantine church of Agios Georgios the Kamariotis
is dedicated to Agios Nikolaos, Afentis Christos and Agios Georgios. Its entrance
door, between the narthex and the main church, is unique with exceptional decorations.
Above the entrance door is the lion of St. Mark and on the two sides are coat
of arms of the fourteenth century. The central aisle has the coat of arms of Kalergis
(an important Cretan family during the Venetian era) and the Byzantine double-headed
eagle. On the south door is the date 1629.
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The Byzantine church of the Panagia, has two aisles and many frescoes.
An old grave is within the church.
KERAMOUTSI (Village) TYLISSOS
Agios Antonios is reached by a path from the Panagia. It is a small
church with a few frescoes.
The church of the Panagia is on the west side of the village in the
middle of a plain and has beautiful architecture and some traces of old frescoes.
KROUSSONAS (Small town) MALEVIZIO
In Agios Charalambos the locals trapped and burned 370 Turkish Albanians
during the second year of the Cretan revolution against the Turks. The Turks had
used a small child as hostage who also died from asphyxiation.
The small church of Panagia Kera, above Agios Charalambos is very
ancient looking. It was burnt by the Turks in 1866. The Metamorphosis of Christos,
and Agios Georgios are two more Byzantine churches in the region.
PYRGOU (Village) MALEVIZIO
Within the village of Pirgou is the Byzantine church of the Panagia.
It has a symmetric cruciform architecture with a dome. The church is in between
old village buildings.
The newer large church of Agios Georgios has lion decorations on its
top.
Outside the village of Pirgou, on the road to Asites, there is a sign to the church of Zoodohos Pigi. The church of Zoodohos Pigi was part of the monastery of Gorgoliani. It is in a very beautiful location with a view of the valley below and the mountains on the other side. Trees and vineyards, complete the scene. Recently large springs have been found nearby. Two aisles of the church remain, but it must have been a three-aisled basilica. There are stone reliefs outside the church. An old mill and an old wine press have been found in the church yard. The church has been renovated and the surrounding yard is very pleasant.
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RODIA (Small town) GAZI
On the main road, in the centre of the village, there is an interesting
Venetian villa and the church of the Panagia. The church has lovely portals, as
does the villa next to it.
Is a church of Byzantine B' period, which gave its name to the settlement of Rodia.
SARCHOS (Village) KROUSSONAS
The Byzantine church of the Panagia Kera has one of the most decorative
church doors on Crete and an artistic back window. The church has two aisles and
it was covered with frescoes, but few are visible today.
LINOPERAMATA (Village) GAZI
AGIA IRINI (Settlement) KROUSSONAS
Tel: +30 2810 711209
The monastery of Agia Irini is very old, probably dating from the last years of Venetian rule in Crete. It is a picturesque monastery in a very beautiful setting high up in a mountain. The road to it is very good. The convent is well kept and pleasant to visit. The main church of the monastery is a double-aisle basilica. The monastery was one of the richest in the region in the early years of the Turkish occupation but it was destroyed by the Turks in 1822 and all its monks were killed. It was rebuilt in 1940 and the first monks arrived in 1944. Today it is occupied by women and is one of the few prospering monasteries on Crete.
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AGIA PELAGIA (Port) HERAKLIO
Dates back to 1300 AD
LOUTRAKI (Village) KROUSSONAS
Tel: +30 2810 851140
MONI AGIOU PANTELEIMONOS (Monastery) GAZI
Tel: +30 2810 521266, 521281
It is almost a 5 km drive along the river through orange and plane trees. Built
in the last period of the Venetian occupation, it is in complete harmony with
the verdant scenery/landscape. During the Turkish occupation, the monastery constituted
the center of the revolutionary action and even though it was severely damaged
and pillaged it preserved its traditional architecture of a monastery.
MONI GORGOLAINI (Monastery) HERAKLIO
Tel: +30 2810 861390
MONI SAVATHIANON (Monastery) GAZI
Tel: +30 2810 841296, 220579
It is situated in a verdant ravine of Vasilikos mountain nearby Rodia.
It is dedicated to Agios Antonios, the protector of the Monks, in whose honour
an old cave-like church was built. It is amongst the most significant historic
monasteries where in the Turkish occupation period monks from Agios Savas (on
Almyros beach) found refuge due to its inaccessible position. The Monastery was
severely damaged during the Turkish attack in 1648, though in 1745 reconstruction
work commenced.
The Savathianon Monastery is 14km west of Iraklion on the Iraklion - Rodia - Savathianon Monastery road. The monastery is a very pleasant site full of plants and trees near the top of a hill with an eagles-eye view of the coastline of north Crete and a small ravine. The church of the Panagia is from the sixteenth century. The church of Agios Antonios dates from the fifteenth century, a large part of which was built within a cave. A small bridge connects the main part of the monastery with the church of Agios Antonios, and dates from 1535. The nuns support themselves by selling handmade articles.
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AGIOS MYRON (Village) MALEVIZIO
The Byzantine church of Agios Miron, named after a local man who became
the bishop of Knossos around the fourth century A.D., dates from the second Byzantine
period, but fragments of an early Christian basilica have been built in it. Presently
the church is being extensively renovated. It has the usual cruciform architecture
of the Byzantine churches of the second Byzantine period. The transept is highest
part of the church. In the centre of the church there is a dome. The church has
a narthex in the front which is also three-aisled and has an internal dome as
well as many external blind arches. The drum on which the dome is supported has
eight old windows and its arches are supported with eight small columns. The two
windows in the upper part of the perpendicular aisle are also old. The church
celebrates on 8th of August and a large fair (panigiri) takes place. The large
and impressive Byzantine church of Agios Miron is easily found in this village,
and the relics and grave of Agios Miron are found here.
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