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The church of Agios Georgios in Pombia, in the prefecture of Heraklion, is a modest Byzantine-era sanctuary whose precise history has gone unrecorded.…
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The church of Agios Georgios in Pombia, in the prefecture of Heraklion, is a modest Byzantine-era sanctuary whose precise history has gone unrecorded.…
This modest Byzantine church in the Heraklion area, dedicated to Saint Photini, carries a name that glows with meaning: Agia Fotia, Holy Fire. Its ded…
In the village of Kato Symi, within the Lasithi region of eastern Crete, the Church of Virgin Mary of Keras stands as a quiet testament to the island'…
In Kato Chorio, within Crete's Lasithi region, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior and St. Charalambos carries a dual dedication to Christ…
The Church of Holy Trinity and Dormition of the Theotokos stands in the Lasithi region of eastern Crete, a Byzantine church honoring two central feast…
At the centre of the Limnakaros Plateau, 1,150 metres up, stands the Church of the Holy Spirit, a small stone double temple dedicated to the Holy Spir…
Standing in Andromylos in the Lasithi region of Crete, the Church of the Holy Apostles carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine sanctuary founded in…
Tucked into a cave southwest of the broad, thick-sand bay near Ierapetra in Crete's Lasithi region, the Monastery of Faneromeni, known locally as Pana…
Sitting in the Cretan hills near Kavousi, in the municipality of Ierapetra, the Church of Virgin Mary Protoseptembriánis carries Byzantine devotion in…
High above the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete, the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos and St. John the Theologian keeps watch over the villa…
High on the southern slopes of Mount Ida near the village of Voriza, the Monastery of Valsamonero keeps watch over the Mesara Plain, some 55 kilometre…
High in the hills of the Phaistos region, the Byzantine monastery of Vrontisiou preserves a quiet chapter of Crete's medieval Christian past. Its cath…
In the village of Kritsa, within the Lasithi region of Crete, the Church of St. George Kavousiotis stands as a quiet testament to the island's Byzanti…
In the Lasithi landscape near Siteia, the Vitsentzos Kornaros House stands as a Byzantine-era mansion, a rare survivor of eastern Crete's domestic arc…
The Church of Panagia Vrefotrofou, dedicated to the Virgin as nurturer of infants, stands in the Lasithi region of Crete. Its Greek name means All Hol…
The Monastery of Agios Georgios Gorgolaïnis (or Gorgolaïni), 24 kilometres south of Heraklion near the village of Kato Asites, stands at 480 metres on…
Set among the Cretan hills of the Minoa Pedias municipality near Heraklion, the Church of St. Zoni carries the quiet gravity of a Byzantine sanctuary.…
High on the north slopes of Mount Dikti, some 650 metres above sea level and about fifty kilometres east of Heraklion, the Monastery of Keras Kardioti…
The Church of Agios Fanourios stands in a fertile valley at Kitharida, 21 kilometres from Heraklion. It was once the katholikon of a women’s monastery…
In the village of Epano Archanes, near Heraklion, the church of Agios Georgios carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine foundation. Its modest stone…
The Church of St. Nicholas stands in Ano Arkhanes, a village in the Heraklion region whose roots reach back to antiquity. This Byzantine church occupi…
The Church of Christ the Savior in Kounavoi, within the Archanes-Asterousia municipality of Heraklion, is a Byzantine church dated to around 1600. Yet…
In the village of Episkopi, in the hills of the Heraklion region, the Church of St. Paraskevi holds centuries of devotion within its walls. Excavation…
The Church of Virgin Mary Limniotissa stands quietly in the Municipality of Chersonesus, near Heraklion, a modest Byzantine church that keeps a fragme…
The Church of St. Paraskevi stands in Galifa, within the Municipality of Chersonisou in the Heraklion region of Crete, a modest Byzantine place of wor…
The Monastery of Panagia Keragoniotissa is a Byzantine religious house in the Lasithi region of eastern Crete, within the Municipality of Agios Nikola…
The Church of Virgin Mary Galatiani in Malia is a three-nave structure dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin Mary. Its name derives from the Gre…
Near the village of Roustika in the Rethymnon region of Crete stands the Monastery of Prophet Elias, an Orthodox house of worship dedicated to the pro…
The Monastery of Saint Anthony at Syrmesso, near Fourni and Neapolis in Lasithi, is a 16th-century foundation now abandoned, with only its katholikon …
Standing on a plateau of olive trees and low scrub between the villages of Kato Malaki, Ano Malaki and Kalonyktis, fifteen kilometres south of Rethymn…
In the village of Tylisos, in the Heraklion regional unit, the Church of Christ the Saviour stands as a modest Byzantine chapel, its simple stone form…
The Basilica of Piskopiano stands near the port of Chersonesos in the Heraklion region, a quiet survivor of the Byzantine centuries when Christianity …
Perched on a fertile plateau about 23 kilometres southeast of Rethymno in Crete, Arkadi Monastery is a Greek Orthodox house of worship whose roots rea…
High in the countryside of Rethymno, near the village of Livada in the Anogeia region, the Monastery of St. George Diskouriou belongs to the Byzantine…
In the Chanioporta district of Heraklion, the Church of St. John the Merciful carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine foundation. Its dedication ho…
Just outside the old acropolis of Eleutherna, two small Byzantine churches stand close together, one dedicated to Christ the Saviour and the other to …
In the heart of Heraklion stands a small Byzantine church with a double dedication to Saint Menas and the Pantanassa, the Queen of All. Its modest sca…
The Church of Agia Aikaterini (St Catherine of the Sinaites), now the Museum of Christian Art, stands in central Heraklion, forming a triangle with th…
In the heart of Heraklion, Eleftheriou Venizelou Square, still known to locals as the Lion Square, holds a fountain that has anchored civic life since…
In the Agia Triada area of Heraklion stands the Priouli Fountain, a quiet survivor of the city's Byzantine era. Fountains like this were the working h…
The Church of Saint Peter stands on Leoforos Sofokli Venizelou in Heraklion, a Byzantine structure dating to 1248, when Crete belonged to the Eastern …
At the edge of Lakkoi in the Chania region of Crete stands the Church of Saint George, a Byzantine church whose stonework and simple form speak to a l…
In the rural landscape near Chania, the Church of Archangel Michael at Cephalas carries the long memory of Byzantine Crete. Its origins reach back to …
The Castle of Mylopotamos, also known as Castel Milopotamo or Roumeli Castelli, survives only as a scatter of stones on the rocky coast at Panormos, a…
In the village of Katochori, within the municipality of Chania in western Crete, stands a Byzantine mansion known locally as Épavli. Its stone walls r…
On the road to ancient Aptera, a stone enclosure marks the Metochi of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian of Patmos, a Byzantine dependency of …
Near the village of Nerokourou in the Chania region, the Monastery of Saint George carries the quiet authority of a Byzantine foundation. Its Greek na…
The Cathedral of St Nicholas and the Presentation of the Virgin in Drapanias, Chania, was built between 1850 and 1880 and consecrated in 1896. It is a…
Near Chania, the Holy Monastery of Chrysopigi, also called Zoodochos Pigi, was founded at the end of the sixteenth century by the doctor Ioannis Harto…
The Kladissos River Bridge near Chania on Crete is a stone crossing that carries the quiet weight of the Byzantine era, when the island formed part of…
An Ottoman tower-house from around the 18th century, this building stands in the Chalepa district of Chania, Crete, and once belonged to the Turkish A…
In the Korakies area of Chania, the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist stands as a quiet remnant of Crete's medieval monastic tradition. Dedicated to…
On the Akrotiri peninsula near Chania, the Holy Trinity Monastery of Tzagarolon rises from the Cretan landscape, founded in 1601 by two brothers of th…
Tucked into the Avlaki gorge near the Gouvernetou Monastery, this ruined complex is dedicated to Saint John the Hermit, who is said to have died in th…
In the village of Masari on Rhodes stands the Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos, a modest Byzantine church whose name honors the feast commemora…
On the island of Kythira, the Katouni Bridge stands as a quiet testament to Byzantine engineering. Built during the Byzantine period, this stone bridg…
On the island of Cythera, the Church of the Virgin Mary Spiliotissa carries Byzantine devotion into a landscape with far older roots. The ground benea…
The Church of St. John the Theologian in Fira, Santorini, is a Byzantine church dedicated to the author of the Book of Revelation. Its presence on an …
In the rural landscape of eastern Mani, the Church of Holy Trinity at Achilleio stands as a modest Byzantine sanctuary, the kind of stone built church…
Perched on the heights of Santorini, the Byzantine Monastery of St. Nicholas carries a sacred history far older than its Christian walls. Long before …
The Basilica of Kyparissos stands in a small seaside settlement in Eastern Mani, Laconia, within the Municipality of Oitylos. This Byzantine church oc…
The Church of Panagia Kalou, also known as the Assumption of the Virgin, gives its name to the village of Panagia Kalou on Santorini, part of the Muni…
In the rugged landscape of the Mani peninsula, the Church of St. George stands as a quiet testament to Byzantine devotion. This place of worship in th…
High above the Laconian coast in eastern Mani stands the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, a protected Byzantine monument whose stone wa…
In the rugged landscape of eastern Mani in Laconia, the Church of the Savior stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine era. Known in Greek as Ι. Να…
Standing alone in the countryside near Marathos in eastern Mani, this Byzantine tower bears the name of a later owner, Kyriakos Papadodemas. It is a s…
In the village of Ochia, in eastern Mani, two Byzantine churches stand side by side: one dedicated to St. Peter, the other to the Dormition of the The…
Set in the Mani landscape of Laconia, within the Municipality of Eastern Mani, the Church of Holy Trinity is a Byzantine church whose stones carry mor…
In the rugged landscape of Eastern Mani, within the region of Laconia, the Church of St. Nicholas stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine era. Th…
Set in the rugged landscape of Eastern Mani in Laconia, the Church of St. John is a Byzantine church that carries the religious and architectural heri…
In the village of Kounos, within the municipality of Eastern Mani, the Church of St. John preserves the quiet dignity of Byzantine ecclesiastical arch…
The Church of Agios Andreas in Kechrianika, Lakonia, is a Byzantine church dating from the 13th century. The settlement of Kechrianika is the birthpla…
The Church of St. Demetrios stands in Kipoula, in the eastern Mani of Laconia, a Byzantine church whose walls and form speak to an era when ecclesiast…
In Kato Gardenitsa, a village of Eastern Mani in Laconia, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior carries the quiet authority of Byzantine dev…
The church of Archangel Michael stands in the village of Pedoulas, in the Marathasa valley of the Troodos mountain range. Built and decorated with fre…
In the remote landscape of eastern Mani in Laconia stands the Church of St. Barbara of the Desert, a Byzantine church whose very name evokes the solit…
The tower of the Lagoudis family stands at the centre of Briki, a village in the Mani, and ranks among the most imposing such structures in the region…
High in the Mani of Laconia stands the Church of the Bodiless Powers, a 13th-century Byzantine chapel whose name honors the heavenly hosts. Its archit…
On the island of Symi, within the regional unit of Rhodes, the Monastery of St. Constantine carries Byzantine origins into the present. Its exact foun…
The Church of Pantanassa stands within the municipality of Monemvasia in Laconia, southern Greece, a Byzantine church that carries the quiet dignity o…
The towers of Flomochori in the Mani peninsula are exceptional examples of defensive housing dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. The most impress…
In the rugged landscape of eastern Mani, the Church of Holy Theodores stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine era. This modest stone church, dedi…
In the rural landscape of Laconia, this modest Byzantine church stands as a quiet testament to centuries of local faith. Dedicated to the Panagia, its…
The church of Saint Nicholas (Agios Nikolaos) at Kyriakosellia, in the Apokoronas region of Crete, is one of the island’s most important examples of B…
The Basilica of St. Stephen is a Byzantine church whose remains now form an archaeological site on the island of Kos. Through the medieval centuries i…
The Church of St. Demetrius stands in Eastern Mani, Laconia, near the ancient sites of Larysion and Kranae on the slopes of Mount Koumarou. Its Byzant…
The Church of St. Constantine stands in Thalames, in western Mani, Messenia, a Byzantine-era structure rooted in one of the region's oldest settled la…
Set at the foot of the Taygetos mountains on the western side of the Mani peninsula, this marble-built Byzantine church stands in a landscape layered …
On the east coast of the Messenian peninsula, near modern Koroni where the ancient city of Asine once flourished, stands a Byzantine circular tower. I…
In the small settlement of Platsa, within the Municipality of Dytiki Manis in Messenia, the Church of St. Nikon carries the quiet authority of a Byzan…
In the village of Plátsa, within the wild landscape of Western Mani in Messenia, the Church of All Saints stands as a quiet testament to the Byzantine…
The Church of Panagia Katapoliani stands at the centre of the Katapola settlement, dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin and celebrated on 15 Augus…
In the village of Milea, within the Municipality of Western Mani at the southern tip of the Peloponnese, the Church of Zoodochos Pigi stands as a quie…
Clinging to the steep south coast of Amorgos some 300 metres above the sea, the Holy Monastery of Hozoviotissa is a Byzantine foundation dating to 108…
The Church of St. Leon in Messenia, within the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, is a Byzantine-era church that carries the rare distinction of Gothic arc…
The Church of St. Prokopios stands in Kastania, in the wild Mani region of Messenia, a quiet survivor of the Byzantine era. Its stone walls carry the …
High on the mountain range of Sympetro, near a chapel of Saint Elias on the eastern side of Kos, stands a square tower-house known as Drakissa, or the…
In the rugged landscape of Western Mani, within the region of Messenia, stands the Church of Annunciation of the Virgin. This Byzantine church is a pr…
In the quiet countryside near Apidea in Laconia, the Church of St. Basil stands as a modest witness to the Byzantine world that once shaped this corne…
In the village of Gournitsa, in the western Mani of Messenia, the Church of Hagia Sophia stands as a quiet stone survivor among olive groves and hills…
In the quiet landscape of western Mani, the Church of St. Constantine stands as a modest testament to Byzantine devotion. Dedicated to the emperor-sai…
In the village of Ano Doli, within the Municipality of Western Mani in Messenia, the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos stands as a quiet testam…
In the village of Campos in western Mani, the Church of Dormition of the Theotokos stands as a quiet witness to Byzantine devotion in the Peloponnese.…
In the quiet landscape of Laconia, within the Eurotas region near Alepochori, the Katholikon of St. John the Forerunner Monastery stands as a testamen…
In Palia Mikri Mantineia, within the Municipality of Kalamata in Messenia, the Church of the Holy Apostles stands as a quiet testament to Byzantine fa…
On the island of Kalymnos, the ancient city of Bathos lies half-buried in the landscape, a Hellenistic settlement that flourished through the classica…
The fortified monastery of Kyra Psili, a castle-monastery in good condition, clings to the north-western flank of Mt. Koukoúla, above the Vathýs valle…
On Naxos, the Church of St. Thomas at Gyroulas stands on ground that has been sacred for millennia. A rural sanctuary to Demeter and Apollo rose here …
Set in Amyklae near Sparta, in Laconia, this Byzantine church of St. Nicholas belongs to the long medieval centuries between the sixth and fifteenth, …
The Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos stands in Vlachopoulo, in the Messenia region of the Peloponnese, a Byzantine sanctuary whose name honour…
On the island of Páros, in the village of Márpissa, the Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos stands as a quiet testament to Byzantine devotion.…
In the Laconian village of Agios Ioannis, near the ancient site of Alesiai that Pausanias placed southwest of Sparta, this Byzantine church is dedicat…
In the heart of Naxos, at Danakos, the Church of St. John the Theologian belongs to the Byzantine age, when small stone churches served the island's s…
In the town of Chora in Messenia stands the Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen, a Byzantine church dedicated to the emperor and his mother. Its pres…
On Andros, where Byzantine traditions long shaped daily life, this fountain at Atsiganochori Lamyron stands as a quiet monument to communal water. Dat…
The Chatzeika Bridge is a Byzantine-era arch bridge spanning the Velikas river canyon in Messinia, about a kilometer west of Strefi village. Built dur…
In a wooded ravine near Potamia on Naxos stands the Byzantine church of Agios Mamas, also known as Panagia Theoskepasti. It is among the oldest church…
The Chronis House is a Byzantine mansion in the fortified town of Mystras in Laconia, a place that flourished in the thirteenth through fifteenth cent…
On Naxos, within the municipality of Naxos and the Minor Cyclades, the Church of Panagia Rachidiotissa carries the quiet authority of the Byzantine er…
Standing quietly in Marathí on the island of Páros, the Monastery of St. Minas carries the measured calm of a place built for reflection. Its founding…
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