Cloisters in the South of Crete

The Monastery was founded in the Venetian period (1202-1645), the old vaulted gateway has an inscription bearing the date 1568, and ...

Another convent stood at this site many centuries ago. Its traces, however have been lost in time and by mid 19th century nothing ...

The old monastery Virgin Karthiotissa (of the heart) from the15th century and desert today, is situated near the village of Vori and ...

The Monastery was built during the first centuries of the venetian occupation. There are incised inscriptions since 1332 ...

Ther are documents concerning the Monastery since 1400. It was one of the most important monastic and spiritual centres of Crete...

It lies close to the village of Zaros, in an idyllic area, where the ravine leading to the forest of Rouvas starts. It's an old monastery ...