![Monastery Toplou, Lasithi Prefecture, wondergreece.gr Monastery Toplou, Lasithi Prefecture, wondergreece.gr](http://www.wondergreece.gr/v1/media/?poi=&type=20&imgid=/public/images/2013/04/01/moni.toplou/20130401152550moni.toplou13.jpg)
It is one of the largest monasteries in Crete spread with a colossal fortune, located not far from Sitia, near the Vai palm grove. It is a historical place, since, during the War of Independence against the Turks, the monks were brutally murdered, and the monastery itself has been looted and destroyed many times. It is a property of 800m2,...