Arkadi Monastery
Rethymno Municipality, Greece
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Arkadi Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery on a fertile plateau about 23 kilometres southeast of Rethymno on Crete. Its 16th-century katholikon mixes Roman and Baroque elements in a Renaissance Revival design, and the site is surrounded by a thick, high wall. During the Cretan revolt of 1866, the monastery became a national sanctuary after defenders, rather than surrender, blew up barrels of gunpowder.
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- Type
- monastery
- Heritage
- archaeological site in Greece
- Place
- Rethymno Municipality, Greece
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