Listed 19 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "MONOFATSIO Province HERAKLIO" .
AGIA VARVARA (Village) MONOFATSIO
The church of the Profitis Ilias, at the north end of the village, is built on a rock considered to be the geographical centre of Crete. There are also nine churches from the Venetian era in the area indicating its former glory.
The church of the Profitis Ilias, at the north end of the village,
is built on a rock considered to be the geographical centre of Crete. There are
also nine churches from the Venetian era in the area indicating its former glory.
AGIOS THOMAS (Village) AGIA VARVARA
In the centre of the village is the Byzantine church of Agios Thomas
in the style of a three-aisled basilica with a narthex in front of the church.
The narthex is separated into three parts and is as high as the nave of the main
church. There is a large dome at the intersection of the narthex and the nave.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
The church of the Panagia Spiliotisa (Virgin of the Cave) has been
built within a cave of the mountain. Just outside the cave, on the side of the
mountain, there is an ancient Greek inscription of marble. Around 1910 two English
archaeologists secretly excavated a statue of a goddess which is now in Boston.
The small church of Agios Iasatos is both very interesting and unusual.
It has been carved from a large rock and in front of it there are the remains
of an ancient Greek temple.
The Byzantine church of Michael Archangelos is 5 minutes from the
centre of the village and contains frescoes from the twelfth century.
ANO MOULIA (Village) AGIA VARVARA
The Byzantine church of Agii Apostoli is in the centre of the village,
has cruciform architecture with a dome in its centre and a large narthex in the
front of the church which is as high as the dome.
ARCHONDIKO (Village) ARKALOCHORI
At the place ‘Prinias’, near the village Archondiko there is the church of Virgin Mary the Life-giver, with old frescos.
The church of Agios Ioannis (St. John) on the way to the archaeological site of Galatiani Kefala.
ARKALOCHORI (Small town) HERAKLIO
In the village cemetery there is the Byzantine church of Michael Archangelos.
The church has cruciform architecture and the transept is higher than the nave.
The church has a narthex with a dome, and decorated blind arches with columns.
Its entrance door has interesting decorations and there is an unusual melon relief
on the external wall. The church also contains frescoes.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
In the village cemetery there is the Byzantine church of Michael Archangelos. The church has cruciform architecture and the transept is higher than the nave. The church has a narthex with a dome, and decorated blind arches with columns. Its entrance door has interesting decorations and there is an unusual melon relief on the external wall. The church also contains frescoes.
The church of Virgin Mary in Arkalochori with old frescos
The church of Profitis Ilias built at the top of the hill where the ancient cave was found is a landmark of Arkalochori.
DRAPETI (Village) ARKALOCHORI
Agia Anna and Agios Nikolaos is the cemetery church of the village.
It is a two-aisled church and contains frescoes from the fifteenth century.
KAPETANIANA (Settlement) KOFINA
This single-aisled church has a narthex in the front part which is
at right angles to the aisle and has a length approximately equal to the length
of the church, thus forming a T with the church. The narthex is separated into
three aisles parallel to the aisle of the church. The church of the Panagia contains
frescoes in good condition and an inscription of 1401.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
PYRGOS (Village) ASTEROUSSIOI
In the middle of the town on the south side of the street and clearly
marked, is the fourteenth century church of Agii Georgios and Konstantinos. There
are some well-preserved frescoes as well as some old inscriptions dating from
1314. The frescoes on the south aisle are unique in the Byzantine world since
they present a series of events in the life of Byzantine Emperor Konstantinos
the Great. Events from his birth, childhood, the crowning of his son and the battle
on the Milvian bridge are shown.
This extract is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
AGIOS NIKITAS (Monastery) ASTEROUSSIOI
MONI KOUDOUMA (Monastery) KOFINA
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