Listed 12 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS Municipality HERAKLIO" .
AGIES PARASKIES (Village) NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
Attesting to its former importance, this village has eight churches
in various states of disrepair. Of the eight, only Agia Zoni contains frescoes
worth seeing. The church also possesses some old icons. It is very near the centre
of the village.
AGIOS VASSILIOS (Village) NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
Agios Vasilios contains a very old Byzantine church which was renovated
in 1291. In the church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos there are some interesting,
well-preserved frescoes by Fokas. The church belongs to the Sinai Monastery which
is near the village.
From Agios Vasilios you can reach the church of Agii Apostoli and
the Panagia. This is a Venetian church high in the mountains, near a Venetian
castle on a difficult road. The church is open and there is a relief of a coat
of arms.
ALAGNI (Village) NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
The church of Sotiras is in the centre of the village.
The Byzantine church of the Panagia in Alagni has cruciform architecture
with a dome in the centre. Outside the church there is an interesting old grave.
ASTRAKI (Village) NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
Τhe church of the Panagia has a unique relief of the Byzantine eagle
carved on the front and inside is a grave with an coat of arms in relief on it.
KOUNAVI (Village) NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
The Byzantine church of Metamorphosis of Sotiras, Agios Nikolaos and
Agios Dimitrios has three aisles and five blue-coloured domes in the shape of
a cross, the central one higher than the others. The doors are interestingly decorated.
The monastery is below the village and can be reached in a ten minute
walk.
MONI AGIOU GEORGIOU EPANOSSIFI (Monastery) NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
Tel: +30 2810 51231, 51093
Epanosifi Monastery is 32km south of Iraklion on the Iraklion - Knossos
- Kounavi - Houdetsi - Epanosifi Monastery road. It is believed that it was built
in the sixteenth century. It was an important intellectual centre during the Turkish
occupation and was destroyed by them. Today it is a pleasant, prosperous-looking
place.
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