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04/01/2022

🥾 Η θέα πάνω από το φαράγγι του Χα και τη Θρυπτή (Πανοραμική 360ο)

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Thrypti & Ha Gorge aerial panorama

04/04/2021

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15/08/2020

📌 in action

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⁣ My Agios Nikolaos Crete

15/03/2020

📌 Vryses Lasithiou
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13/02/2020

📌 The view from Havgas Gorge

12/12/2019

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14/10/2019

⛪ Monastery of 📌 Kremasta

➡️The monastery of Kremasta is located at a distance of around 2,5 kilometres from Neapolis on the slopes of Mount Kavallara on the route towards the Plateau of ­Lasithi.

➡️According to the dedicatory inscription on the lintel of the catholicon, it was founded in 1593 by Metrophanes Agapetos. From around the middle of the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century, a thriving ‘learning by teaching’ school was operating at the monastery while, during the period 1868-1871, it was the seat and home of the Christian governor of the province of Lasithi, Kostis Adosides-Pasas. The initial male monastery became a female one from 1993. Seven nuns live there today.

➡️Built on sloping ground, the monastery develops at a gradient, from north to south, around the courtyard in the shape of an L. The barrel-vaulted, single-nave catholicon dominates the rest of the ­buildings, built at the highest point.

➡️The artful gilt wood-carved altar screen of the 19th century which has icons of the same period and an icon of the Cretan School, with Christ enthroned of the 17th century, deserves special reference. Even though it is hidden from view, the altar of the catholicon which was dedicated in 1622 by the monk Nikephoros Anyfantes and has the form of Christ in relief and sculpted decoration with vine leaves, also deserves special mention.

➡️The present guest house where, according to tradition, a Secret School functioned during the period of the Turkish occupation, as well as the ­pre-industrial olive-press that has been transformed into a refectory, are the architecturally interesting spaces of the monastery.

22/09/2019

⛪One of the most popular Byzantine monuments in 📌 Crete (13th- 14th A.D.) is located in Logari, one kilometre east of Kritsa.
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15/09/2019

⛪Panagia Kera church at 📌Kritsa

👉🏼One of the most popular Byzantine monuments in Crete (13th- 14th A.D.) is located in Logari, one kilometre east of Kritsa.

👉🏼The three-aisled, barrel-vaulted church of the All-Holy Virgin ‘the Lady’ with a dome on the nave is located to the south and at a distance of around 500 metres from the settlement of Kritsas. The church is one of the most important visited monuments of Crete because of its extensive and well-preserved wall painting decoration from various periods of ­Byzantine art.
👉🏼The original church, the present nave dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was probably built during the middle Byzantine period and has wall painting decoration from two periods. The first layer which is partially preserved in the sanctuary is dated to the middle of the 13th century while the second layer with scenes from the Twelve Great Feasts on the dome belongs to the beginning of the 14th century when the church received an extensive restoration during which the dome was also rebuilt.
👉🏼Particular reference should be made to the depiction of St. Francis of Assisi, protector of the poor, who enjoyed ­veneration also from the Orthodox, with the ­characteristic habit of his order that leaves his stigmata uncovered. In the same period, i.e., the beginning of the 14th century, the south aisle, which was ­dedicated to St. Anna who is depicted in bust on the ­semi-dome of the conch of the ­sanctuary was painted by a very capable painter.
👉🏼The aisle is decorated with scenes from the Marian ­cycle from the apocryphal Gospels. In the middle of the 14th century, the north aisle, dedicated to St. Anthony, was also decorated.
👉🏼The ­depiction of the Second Coming on the entire barrel-vault of the aisle as well as the ­depiction of the donors from the family of George Mazizani on the south wall, suggest its possible use as a funerary chapel.

08/09/2019

⛰️ Gorge of Richti, 📌 Mouliana

👉🏻The gorge of Richti is a landscape of exquisite natural beauty where a hiker can discover the hidden secrets of nature. They will enjoy the natural shadow of centennial planes, almost blocking the sunlight, see the vines and the ivies creeping up their trunks, refresh themselves in the crystal waters of the springs and admire the unique flora.

👉🏻They will be mesmerized by the wild beauty of the landscape, feeling as if they were in a small jungle.

👉🏻All this combined with the sensation created by the sound of the water gurgling incessantly constitute an experience so unique that is difficult to put down in words.

📷 Chiristos Tzortzis