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Panagia byzantine church

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.

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Panagia Kera Goniotisa Church

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Monastery of St. George Vrachassoti

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.

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