Location: Episkopi Region
Aitania Village
The village of Aitania is located in the Municipality of Hersonissos and is 20km from Heraklion. It is built on…
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- RECREATION
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- Aitania
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Agia Paraskevi (St. Paraskevi)
It is a single-nave, barrel vaulted chapel, which was restored in 2003. Inside, the chapel is fully painted and the…
Metamorphosis Sotiros (Transfiguration of the Saviour)
A small, single-nave, barrel vaulted church, with wall painting, built on the ruins of an older one. The iconostasis is…
Agia Paraskevi – Agios Panteleimonas (St. Paraskevi – St. Panteleimon)
It is a three-nave church which used to be a rectory manor of a monastery. One of the naves is…
Iera Moni Genesseos Theotokou (Monastery of the Nativity of Mary)
The Monastery was built in 1989 by the nun Irene Papastefanakis and since 2000, it has been operating as a…
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- Sgourokefali
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Agios Nicolaos (St. Nicolas)
A single-nave, barrel vaulted church that dates back to the mid-14th century. The church is fully painted and the murals…
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- Sgourokefali
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Agios Ioannis Pezetis (St. John Pezetis)
It is a single-nave, barrel vaulted chapel, dedicated to Timios Prodromos (St. John the Baptist). The chapel was the Catholicon…
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- RELIGION
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- Kenourgio Chorio
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Panagia Kera – Limniotissa
It is the Catholicon of an old Monastery, which belonged to the Agarathos Monastery. The church is a compact cross-in-square…
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- Episkopi Village
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Michail Archangelos (Archangel Michael)
A single-nave, barrel vaulted church, which used to be a cemetery in the past. This conclusion was reached not only…
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- Episkopi Village
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Agios Minas – Kimisi Theotokou (St. Minas – The Assumption of Mary)
A two-nave, barrel vaulted church that was built in 1882 – 1884. The north nave is dedicated to the Assumption…
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- Episkopi Village
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