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Monasteries · Lassithi Prefecture
Saint Anthony Sfougaras at Selles
- Rating
- 3.5
- century
- XVI
- km · Elounda
- 8.5
- on foot
- 0.1'
Elounda
Rare
cave temple with monk cells
20 nearbyKato Selles beaches, Vlyhadia beaches, Prophet Elijah church at Skinias (Vigla)
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The monastery of Saint Anthony (Agios Antonios) Sfougaras is located at the village Selles at province Mirabelo and its temple was built in a cave above the lovely beach of Agios Antonios . Next to the cave temple there are more caves with their entrances closed by walls that probably were used as monk cells.
The paved garden hosts a water cistern. The monastery was mentioned in documents of 1611 and was recorded in the census of 1635.
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