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SPANOCHORI (Village) LEFKADA
At Spanochori there is a very old monastery dedicated to the Prophet Ilias. From
old documents we learn that the church was given, in a dilapidated state, by the
Venetian government to the cleric Meletius Vonasieris, who rebuilt the monastery.
Under his direction, the small monastery acquired much land and became wealthy.
Gradually, however, the bad administration and embezzlement by the later heads
led to the monastery's decline. Finally, in 1815, it became public property. Successive
fires have destroyed a large part of the monastery.
This extract is cited April 2004 from the Prefecture of Lefkada URL below, which contains images
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