Listed 24 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "MIRAMBELOU Province LASSITHI" .
AGIOS NIKOLAOS (Town) LASSITHI
In the sixteenth century, the Venetians gave the town its current
name, taken from the chapel of Agios Nikolaos on the peninsula of Limena. This
small Byzantine church contains rare frescoes from the eighth, tenth and eleventh
centuries and is a rare example of a Byzantine church built during the troubled
times of the eight century when the Arabs were pressuring the Byzantine empire.
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CHOUMERIAKOS (Village) NEAPOLI
The Byzantine church of the Panagia in Houmeriako has very pleasant
cruciform architecture with a large dome on it. The dome has artistic blind arches
on it and there are also blind arches on the sides of the church. The narthex
at the front of the church has a side door.
FOURNI (Village) NEAPOLI
In the neighbourhood of Kato Fourni is the church of Agios Georgios
which also contains traces of frescoes and a has relief in stone on the outside.
The fourteenth century Byzantine church of Agios Ioannis Theologos
is three-aisled with the central aisle higher than the other two. An interesting
feature of its architecture is that its width is greater than its length.
In the neighbourhood of Kastelli in Fourni is the church of Agii Apostoli
which contains traces of frescoes.
KRITSA (Small town) AGIOS NIKOLAOS
The original aisleless church with cupola was built in the 13th century and it was dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin.
The other aisles were added in the next century and the church was repaired.
Today the church has three aisles and a cupola. The central aisle is decorated with frescoes dating in the 13th century. The side aisles are posterior; the northern is dedicated to St Antonius and the southern to St Anne: both of them were decorated with frescoes in the 14th century. The church's iconographic programs are extremely interesting, starting with the archaic style in the first layer of frescoes and continuing with the Paleologan style in the latter. Works of restoration, consolidation and tidying up are carried out.
The church receives daily many visitors.
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Just before the village of Kritsa there is the famous church of the
Panagia Kera. This thirteenth century Byzantine church which is important because
of its frescoes, has three aisles and a dome construction. Each aisle contains
paintings from a different period, representing a different religious theme. The
central aisle, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, contains the oldest
paintings which reflect a mixture of styles. The south aisle has the best-preserved
paintings. In contrast to the more stylized paintings of the period, these paintings
display a tenderness and humanity in their rendering of the story of Anna, the
Virgin Mary's mother. The north aisle is dedicated to St. Anthony and has pictures
representing the Second Coming.
Although the Venetians occupied Crete during the period, they allowed the Cretans
to decorate their churches as they desired. The rare fresco techniques used and
the subject matters make the Panagia Kera particularly interesting to visit.
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Ιn the Kritsa area is the cemetery church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos
dated 1370.
Agios Georgios containing remains of frescoes of the thirteenth century.
KROUSTAS (Village) AGIOS NIKOLAOS
The church is in an incredible location allowing superb views of the
valley below and Mirabelo Bay. The church has three aisles and dates from the
fourteenth century.
LATSIDA (Village) NEAPOLI
Above Latsida, in a very picturesque setting with a view of the valley
below, is the beautiful Byzantine church of the Panagia of Vigli. The church has
an unusual door decoration, cruciform architecture and interesting wall paintings.
A Venetian fountain is behind the church.
VOULISMENI (Village) NEAPOLI
The church has good exterior decorations on the back and an interesting
stone altar inside.
LATSIDA (Village) NEAPOLI
Tel: +30 28410 32338, 32320, 32820
Fax: +30 28410 31344
The abandoned monastery of Agios Georgios Vrahatsiotis is very picturesquely situated on the side of a hill overlooking the valley. The beautiful monastery church has a double aisle with a narthex. It is kept locked. The priest of Vrahatsi has the key but the unusual curved wooden altar screen can be seen from a window in the bell tower (the best view) or from the window in the back of the church. The priest of Vrahatsi is also able to show the visitors some Byzantine icons. The monastery church also has an unusual large Gothic style bell tower in which there is a relief of Agios Georgios with a dragon and an inscription of 1558. The monastery was built during the second Byzantine period and most likely destroyed by the Venetians and rebuilt in 1540. Again in 1770 the Turks destroyed the monastery, but it was rebuilt in 1860.
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MONI ARETIOU (Monastery) NEAPOLI
Tel: +30 28410 32120
MONI TAXIARCHON KREMASTON (Monastery) NEAPOLI
Tel: +30 28410 32405
On the south side of Neapolis, on the road to Vrises, is the Kremasta Monastery. The monastery was built at the end of the sixteenth century and is currently being renovated. The date 1593 appears over the main entrance to the monastery, and the year 1622 in the church. This beautifully situated monastery on the slope of a hill overlooking Neapolis, was occupied by the Turkish administrator of the Lassithi Prefecture, Kostis Pasha, while Neapolis was being built.
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