Arkadi Monastery

Decentralized Administration of Crete · Greece

Arkadi Monastery, Greece
Photo: Prekario, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Spring and autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This fortified monastery in the hills above Rethymno is a powerful symbol of Cretan resistance. In 1866 its defenders chose to ignite a powder store rather than surrender to Ottoman forces.

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