Saint Peter Monastery at Gallos

The monastery of Saints Peter and Paul is located at the settlement of Gallos , near the University of Crete and above the gorge of Atsipopoulo . The restored monastery, for which there is no surviving information about its history, is a dependency of the Monastery of Arkadi and was probably dependent on Arkadi since its foundation.

The special church of the monastery is single-aisled with the sanctuary raised on the roof and an impressive Venetian gate, dating to the 15th or early 16th century. This one-room small church is adjacent to the north with a two-storey building with an external staircase and a bell tower.

This second building was the residence of the monk. The rest of the auxiliary buildings of the complex date back to the 18th and 19th centuries.