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AGIA LAVRAS (TEL.: 26920 22363), THE HISTORICAL MONASTERY THAT PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL MOVEMENT OF THE AREA AND IS A SYMBOL OF THE GREEK REVOLUTION, IS LOCATED 5.5 KM. SOUTHWEST OF KALAVRYTO. ACCORDING TO TRADITION, IT WAS FOUNDED IN 961, BY THE SAINT EUGENIOS, HERMAN OF SAINT …»