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Churches in Natural Formations

Agios Ioasaf Church in Agios Thomas
Agios Ioasaf Church in Agios Thomas
Many of the Cretan churches were built inside a cave, on top of large boulders, and on the foundations of older buildings. The oldest monastery on Crete, the church of Katholiko in Akrotiri, Kydonia is an example of a church built by cutting a hole in the sheer rock of a mountainside. The church of Agios Iasatos in Agios Thomas, Monofatsi, has been built by cutting a large rock to house it. An example of a church built above two boulders is the Panagia on Two Rocks, in Fres, Apokoronas. The church of Agios Mamas in Kyriakoselia, Apokoronas, is built completely within a cave, as is also the case with the church of the Panagia (Kera Spiliotisa) in Agios Thomas, Monofatsi.

Photos of Churches in Natural Formations:


The church of Agios Mamas, Kyriakoselia
The church of Agios Mamas, Kyriakoselia
The church of the Panagia on Two Rocks, Fres
The church of the Panagia on Two Rocks, Fres
Agios Ioasaf Church in Agios Thomas
Agios Ioasaf Church in Agios Thomas