Over Divri and surrounded by fir trees lies the Monastery of Chrysopigi. At approximately 1150m in altitude, the monastery used to be inaccessible and offered shelter to the fighters of the revolution in 1821, yet, nowadays, it can be accessed by car.
Apart from the heirlooms and the murals from various periods, you will also see the place,...
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Built in the 10th century AD in a deep green gorge, seven kilometers west of Vartholomio, the Monastery of Agia Eleousa has managed to protect itself against the pirate attacks and to be preserved up today. In fact, the pirates looted the monastery once, but the monks and the believers of the area built around it tall walls with crenellations...
Ten kilometers from Pyrgos, next to the blue waters of the Ionian Sea lies the convent of Panagia Skafidias. It was built in the 10th century AD with an impressive architecture, which will certainly impress the visitors and particularly the medieval fortress encompassing the monastery.
The monastery has many treasures such as vestments, sacred...
Fifteen kilometers from Tripotama, at the foothills of Erymanthos lies the monk monastery of Poretsos. It is built at approximately 800m in altitude on a rocky hillock surrounded by trees. There is no exact date of the foundation of the monastery. However, the murals in the main church of the monastery are dated from 1611 and were painted by...
On the banks of Tritonas River, within woodland and fifteen minutes from Alifira lies the reconstructed monastery of Panagia Sepetou. The monastery dated from 1150-1200 AD was destroyed by a fire in 1915; however, two years later it was rebuilt in its present form.
A secret school (Kryfo Scholio) was also located here and fighters of the...