Agios Antonios Church in Agiofarango – Holy Gorge, south Crete, 20 km far from Matala.
This church once was the area´s religious centre, presumably where the first rites of the Christian faith were performed.

The church undergone restoration works and additions on at least three occasion during its long history.At the begining it was a tiny church inside the cave in the rock, but growing numbers of pilgrims and monks brought about its enlargement.

The churge thus outside of the cave was built, but the altar remained inside. The church was added for the third and last time during 14 or 15 century and this stage is remained to this days. Its architecture technique is exquisite.Outside the churche is a well, which is the only source of cold, drinking water in the wide aerea. The church is aprox. 500 m before the beach.

From Agiofarango Gorge there is a narrow pathway to the east, leading to the small coastal village Kali Limenes, A pathway is marked time to time by red spots on the stones. This pathway runs at the begining steeply to the edge over the sea. . And close this edge we found out a deep yawning chasm replenished by the sea watterLentas (ancient Greek: Leben - 75 km far from Heraklion City) is also known to be one of the two harbours of Gortys, which became the most prominent city of Crete after the fall of Knossos.

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