Location information

Byzantine church of St. Thomas

  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.

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Panagia Spiliotissa

  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.

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Agios Iasatos byzantine church

  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.

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• http://www.crete.tournet.gr/Site.jdp?ID=923 (2 img.)

Michael Archangelos byzantine church

  The Byzantine church of Michael Archangelos is 5 minutes from the centre of the village and contains frescoes from the twelfth century.

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