Listed 16 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "NEAPOLI Municipality MIRAMBELOU" .
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.
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.
This extract is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
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.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
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