Location information

Byzantine cruciform church of Agia Irini

  The Byzantine church of Agia Irini at the crossroads below the cemetery is from the fourteenth or fifteenth century and has cruciform architecture with a dome with many blind arches. The windows and doors have carved decorations on them. A melon carved in stone appears on the exterior of the church.

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Agios Ioannis Church

  Agios Ioannis is near the cemetery and has high quality well-preserved frescoes and a mosaic floor.

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Monastery Diskouriou

Diskouri Monastery

  Diskouri Monastery is near Axos, Milopotamos, between the villages Livadia and Veni. It has not been in use since 1901. According to tradition, it was built at the time of the Emperor Konstantinos the Great in a location where there was an ancient temple of Dioskouri. The monastery was a centre of revolutionary activities against the Turks and was destroyed in 1821.
  Agios Ioannis Church:
The church of Agios Ioannis is in the monastery.

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