Description by location in Rethymnon Prefecture Agia Galini Arcadi Eleutherna Preveli Monastery Plakias Rethymnon Description by prefecture in Crete Island Hania Heraklion Lasithi Rethymnon 4 your Holidays Tour Greece Car Rental Special Offers Cruises Contact us ALL SPECIAL OFFERS FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS ARE HERE Here you can make your best selections. We suggest and you choose. We wish you'll make the best choice and have the most unforgettable holidays. You are in: Home Greece Crete Rethymnon Prefecture Preveli Monastery of Preveli It is a stauropegian monastery founded probably in the 16th century. It played an important part during the Cretan revolutions and particularly during the revolution of 1866, when the rebels took refuge there. It was an extremely wealthy monastery with a large real estate property. In 1831, the first Greek School was founded there. The Katholicon is a two-aisled church dedicated to St John the Theologian and the Annunciation of the Virgin. It was built in 1836 but has been repaired many times during the following years. Inside the monastery, there are cells, the old abbot' s quarters that was transformed to a guest-house, the new abbot' s quarters of 1900 as well as a library. The restoration and consolidation works were carried out by the 13th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities. |Home| Select Country --- EUROPE --- Austria Cyprus Czech Republic France Germany Greece Italy Malta Monaco Netherlands Slovak Republic Spain Turkey U.K --- AMERIKA --- Argentina Brazil Mexico Uruguay U.S.A --- AFRICA --- Egypt --- ASIA --- U.A.Emirates   View all Hotels in Crete Monastery of Preveli Destinations Europe America Africa Asia Crete info@4holidays.gr 4holidays.gr   :::   All Rights Reserved © 2002 - 2008