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Sights Monasteries in Crete Odigitrias Monastery, Central South Crete
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The monastery was surrounded by walls, part of them still stands. A plaque on the western gate dates it from 1568 A.D. The temple of the monastery is dedicated to the Birth of the Holly-Mother and to the Saint Apostles. The monastery of Odigitria is located 70 klm northwest of Heraklion near the village of Sivas. It is old enough but the exact date of its foundation is not known. Inside the temple there are valuable frescoes, icons of famous painters and iconostasis. Many of the monastery's icons are more than 600 years old and an inscription on the outer wall of the monastery is dated 1568. The area around Odigitria is dry, without big villages or settlements, something like an arid landscape. A place ideal for isolation. The double nave church stands in the yard of the monastery. The tower of Xopateras (ex-father) standing on the left of the entrance is named after a local hero, I. Markakis. He was a former priest who defended himself and his family in this tower fighting with a small number of people against the Turks. Eventually, the Turks killed them all and decapitated Markakis.
See the photos from the Naturalist club of Heraklion (www.fysi.gr) from the area of Odigitria - Martsalo. Our walk started from the historic Monastery Odigitrias.
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