MONASTERY OF PANAGHIA KALAMIOTISSA
Religious building
2024
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2024
Monastery on top of a hill near the ruins of a Venetian castle and a cave.
Panaghia Kalamiotissa (Μοναστήρι Παναγίας της Καλαμιώτισσας) stands atop a 450-metre hill. Built on the site of a temple of Apollo, the monastery was founded when an icon of the Virgin was found on a reed(kalami). Nearby, you can see the ruins of a Venetian castle and at the base of the hill you can visit the Drakondospilio, a cave with stalactites. Make sure you go to the old monastery (Pano Monastiri), not the new one.
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The former monastery, Pano Monastiri, are at the top of Kalamos (475m), the second largest monolithic rock of the Mediterranean after Gibraltar.
Anticipate 1:30 ascension by a magnificent, rocky and sometimes vertiginous way, but the 360 ° view is fabulous and is worth the effort, especially with the sunrise or if you spend the night under the Milky Way as several do it.