Listed 7 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for destination: "EPISKOPI Village KOULOUKONA".
AXOS (Village) KOULOUKONA
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.
This text is cited Dec 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
Agios Ioannis is near the cemetery and has high quality well-preserved
frescoes and a mosaic floor.
TSACHIANA (Settlement) KOULOUKONA
Seen from the monastery (300 metres south towards Veni) is the small
church of Agia Marina in which the coat of arms of the Kalergis (an important
Cretan family during the Venetian era) can be seen on the portal. There is also
a relief decoration of a melon above the entrance door. Inside, the church has
arches and frescoes, some of which have been drawn on top of reliefs on the wall.
This text is cited Dec 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
AXOS (Village) KOULOUKONA
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.
This text is cited Dec 2002 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains images.
DOXARO (Village) KOULOUKONA
Tel: +30 28340 61884
TSACHIANA (Settlement) KOULOUKONA
Tel: +30 28310 22415
Fax: +30 28310 22411
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