Listed 3 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for destination: "KATASTARI Small town ZAKYNTHOS".
Post-Byzantine monastery
of closed form with the katholikon (main church) in the centre of a space enclosed
by buildings and a high pe ribolos wall with two secondary entrances. The main
entrance is associated with the bell-tower.
The complex includes also a defensive tower, circular in plan, built
on the top of a rock in order to serve as a lookout.
The church preserves ikons of the 17th and 18th centuries and fine
woodcarvings.
This monastery is found near the settlement of the Hartata, on the
northern side of the mountain Melissa. Originally established in 16th century,
but dissolved and re-established again in 1617 from the devout Katastarians Anthony
Marinos and George Sapatis.
In those centuries the monastery met lots of glory. In 1753, within
the garden, there was two churches, seven houses and one tower. At about the middle
of the l9th century it also established a rich historic record.
The church had great arts which were saved from the earthquake of
1953, but the monastery now is desolated. Currently the Revd. Chrystostomos II,
Metropolitan of Zakynthos, is organizing the conservation and restoration of these
buildings therefore bringing it to use again. The monastery has 1 monk.
The monastery of St Ioannis the Baptist, built in 16th century, close to the village of Katastari offers an uninterrupted view to the nearby island of Kefalonia and to the coast of Peloponnisos.
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