The dissolved monastery of Agia Varvara is located in the Skripero area of the Municipality of Paleokastritsa. Its construction dates back to the 19th century. Until 1940 it functioned as a men's monastery and was then abandoned. The site is walled and includes a ground floor building and the
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In the village of Kamara, south of Kastellani, about 10 km from the country, is the Monastery of Agios Vlasios. It is a Byzantine monastery of the 13th century, which was rebuilt during the Venetian period, preserving parts of the earlier monastery. There are also architectural elements of an
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The Holy Monastery of Agios Dimitrios of Agios Doulas is located in the northern part of the island, at a distance of 30 km from the city of Corfu. On the site of the current Monastery, there was a small 16th century church, dedicated to the Great Martyr Dimitrios Myrovlytis. This temple belonged to
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The Holy Monastery of Agia Efimia is one of the oldest monasteries in Corfu, as it seems to have been founded in the 15th century. Tradition states that in the place where the monastery's catholicon is built today, there was an old church named after Agia Eufimia, in the ruins of which the icon of
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The Holy Monastery of Agioi Theodoros Kamaras was founded around the 16th century. It is located on a beautiful hill, a little above the village of Kamara in the Municipality of Achilleion, from where one gazes at the Adriatic sea and the city of Corfu. From the original buildings of the monastery,
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The Monastery of Agioi Theodoros Stratias was founded around 1500. It is located within the Paleopolis (archaeological area). To the west of the Monastery are the ruins of the ancient Doric temple of Artemis (590-580 BC). The Monastery was built on the ruins of an Early Christian Basilica of the 5th
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The Monastery of Agios Ioannis is located near the settlement of Marmaros, in the meadow of Ropa, about 2 km from Sidari. The settlement was named Marmaro from the production of marble (tuffstone) that was placed on the doors and windows. The founding date of the Monastery is not known. In a
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The Holy Monastery of Agia Kyriaki Kouramaden was founded in 1992, and is the newest of the Monasteries of Corfu. The Catholic Church of the Monastery is in the style of a basilica with a dome. Around the temple there are the cells, the mansion, the library, the dining room and the ancillary areas
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The Monastery of Agios Onofrios is located in the area of Gardeladon, northwest of Livadi of Ropa. It is a dissolved Monastery that belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Corfu, Paxos and Diapontia Islands. A long narrow building with arches and the bell tower with the double spire at the entrance are
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The Holy Sanctuary of Agia Paraskevi traces its existence back to the 16th century. The first evidence I find is around 1620. It was originally built a hundred meters above its current location and this is evidenced by ruined cells that are still found today with damaged frescoes. Originally the
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The Holy Monastery of Agia Paraskevi Makradon was founded in the 17th century. It is located above Paleokastritsa in a beautiful location. The catholicon of the Monastery is in the style of a simple basilica and has images of post-Byzantine and Heptanesian style. The Holy Monastery of Agia Paraskevi
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The Holy Monastery of Agia Paraskevi Sgouradon is located 26 km northeast of the city of Corfu, in a quiet location and surrounded by olive groves. In this place there was originally a chapel of the Holy Church of Theotokos Evangelistrias Sgourades. This small church of Saint Paraskevi, which
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The Monastery of Saints Michael and Gabriel is located near the village of Kamara, on the south side of Kastellani. It is a Byzantine monastery that probably dates back to the 15th century. The church of Taxiarches is a single-aisled basilica with 17th century frescoes. Inside the church one can
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The Monastery of Agia Triado is built near the settlement of Loukata in the area of Stavros of the Municipality of Achilleion. There is no exact information on the rebuilding date of the monastery. It is likely that it was built in the 18th century. The monastic walled area includes the church of
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Above the village of Klimatia, at an altitude of 450 m, is the monastery of Agia Triada. The catholicon was built in the 15th century. The rhythm of the temple is single vaulted. The frescoes that adorn it and are of particular interest date from around 1672, while the icons of the iconostasis from
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On the Kanoni peninsula, south of the city, you can see the small Monastery of Vlacherna, which is connected to the mainland by a footbridge. In 1568 it was mentioned for the first time, while in 1799 it officially belonged to the Halikiopoulos-Mantzarou family. In 1822, it was noted in a book by
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The Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos of Vlacherna is located near the village of Skripero, in the northwestern central part of the island. The name Vlaherna or Vlaheraina comes from the homonymous church in Constantinople. The Monastery dates back to the 18th century. It used to be a women's
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Towards the west of the city of Corfu, at a distance of about 5 km, is the picturesque village of Europoulos. To the right and on the hill of the village is the monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos Evangelistria, which was built by the founder of the 1st Monastery of the Theotokos Platyteras, the
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In the Figareto Kanoniou area of Corfu is the Holy Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kassopita. The Monastery must have existed before the year 1706. It went through a period of crisis where it "gradually fell into decline and desolation". In 1850 it was bought by the Epiroite hieromonk
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The Holy Monastery of Theotokos Myrtidiotissis is located in the area of the same name in the western part of Corfu. The Monastery dates back to around the 16th century. It is located in a location of outstanding natural beauty close to the sea. Its architectural form as well as the multitude of
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The Monastery of Theotokos Hamilis was founded in the 16th century. Around 1800 it was in its heyday with a significant offering. In 1920, the new church of the Holy Monastery was erected, which celebrates on August 15, the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin. Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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The Holy Monastery of Theotokos of Magoulades is located in the area of Magoulades in the north of Corfu. It is one of the oldest and largest Monasteries of Corfu. Its foundation dates back to the first quarter of the 10th century. Over time, the Monastery experienced periods of prosperity and
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The Monastery of the Theotokos "Our Lady of the Angels" is located near the town of Lefkimmi, at the southern end of the island. From an inscription found in the niche of the step of the church of the Virgin, the date of construction of the church is set in 1656. According to other sources, the
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The monastery of Panagia is built on the highest point of a green hill and dominates the right side of the bay of Paleokastritsa. The original core of the Monastery dates back to 1228 according to an old inscription at its entrance. But historical research locates the beginning of its existence in
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On the hill of Arkoudila, near Lefkimmi, is located the Monastery of Panagia of Arkoudila. It is said that the monastery was founded by the sister of the noblewoman who also built the monastery of Kyra tis Kokkinada (16th century). According to other sources the monastery was built by the sons of
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The hieromonk Sophronios from the village of Peroulades, in the year 1800, founded the Holy Women's Sanctuary of Pantokratoros Kamarelas, in the area of St. Slaves. The Church of Hesychastiri was inaugurated around 1810. Then, in 1890, the new Catholic Church was founded, which is also dedicated
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Pantokratoros Monastery is located on Mount Stavros, near the Komianata settlement of the former Municipality of Achilleion. Only the small privately-owned temple of Pantokratoros and the two-story Corfu-style bell tower survive from the dissolved monastic complex. Every year there is a resurrection
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On the south-west side of Corfu, in the area of the lake of Korission and near the village of Chlomos of the Municipality of Meliteia, is the Pantokratoros Monastery of Korission. The first inhabitants of the area were Byzantine mercenary soldiers (14th century) who founded the traditional
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The I. Church of Pantokratoros (today's Catholic Church of the Monastery) functioned since 1634 and from 1881 it was a member of the I. Monastery of Paleokastritis. In 1978 it was renovated from the ground up, chapels were built and new buildings were added, so it became an official women's
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In the capital village of Agios Mattheos (Ai Mathias), in the region of Mesis, 10 km from Corfu, the Pantokratoros Monastery is located. The now-dissolved Monastery, built on the slope of Mount Agios Mattheos, probably dates back to the beginning of the 14th century. In the area there are various
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Pantokratoros Sotiros Christou Monastery is built at an altitude of 580 m, on the slope of Mount Agioi Deka, in the Municipality of Achilleion. It is located 3 km west of the village of Agioi Deka. In the site of the now-dissolved Monastery, the temple of Pantokrator can be seen, and to the west of
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At the top of Mount Ypsilos Pantokratoros (ancient Histoni), at an altitude of 914 meters, is the mighty Monastery of Ypsilos or Megalo Pantokratoros. The monastery was built in 1347 with the consent of 23 villages of Mount Ypsilos Pantokratoros. It was destroyed in 1537 and rebuilt in the 17th
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The Platytera Monastery of Corfu was founded in 1743 by the Lefkada Hieromonk Chrysantho Syropoulos. In the year 1746-1747 Metochi of the Monastery dedicated to the Virgin Evangelistria was established in the village of Europouloi in Corfu. The Monastery was burnt down by the French in 1798. In
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