Toplou Monastery

Decentralized Administration of Crete · Greece

Toplou Monastery, Greece
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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This fortified monastery stands amid the dry hills of far eastern Crete near Sitia. Its high defensive walls and famous eighteenth-century icon reflect a long history of raids on this exposed coast.

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