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Saint Barbara monastery at Syrmeso
Monasteries · Lassithi Prefecture

Saint Barbara monastery at Syrmeso

Rating
3.6
century
XVI
km · Elounda
5.6
on foot
4'
Elounda
Saint Barbara monastery at Syrmeso 2
Rare

Mural of Saint Barbara

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Outside the village Syrmeso , near Neapolis , there are two monasteries dating back in the 16th century, which are no longer inhabited, and only their main churches survive. The first one is the male monastery of Saint Anthony (Agios Antonios) and the second is the nunnery of Saint Barbara (Agia Varvara) .

The church of Saint Barbara is a single-vaulted church with. There are ruins of the medieval buildings around the monastery and the arch above the entrance hosts a mural of Saint Barbara .

The best preserved is the elongated two-storey building in the west. It is preserved in good condition with a vaulted ground floor, while the floor is semi ruined.

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