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MONI CHRYSSOPIGIS (Monastery) ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS
The Chrysopigi Monastery contains the church of the Panagia. It has
cruciform architecture with a non-symmetric cross and a large dome at its intersection
of the aisles. With the addition of two side rooms, externally it forms a rectangular
shape. It has a narthex in the front of the church separated into three parts,
the central part leading into the main church.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
MOURNIES (Small town) ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS
The small Byzantine church of Profitis Ilias is near the village,
nearby on top of a small hill. The small church is very unusual in that it has
a baroque style front with reliefs including a coat of arms of the Kalergis family
(an important Cretan family during the Venetian era), lions, and inscriptions.
This extract is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
MONI CHRYSSOPIGIS (Monastery) ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS
Tel: +30 28210 91125
Fax: +30 28210 97600
The Chartophylakas family founded the monastery of Chrysopigi in the sixteenth century. The original section is in the middle of the church. The Turks entered the monastery on Easter Day of 1821 and killed all the monks. Today it is a convent with several nuns living there.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
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