Listed 6 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "KROUSSONAS Municipality HERAKLIO" .
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.
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.
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.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
LOUTRAKI (Village) KROUSSONAS
Tel: +30 2810 851140
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