Menies

A Byzantine tower was built next to the building complex of the Monastery of Saint George in Menies, Cape Spatha, very close to Menies beach. It was built by the monks of the monastery so as to control the sea and pirates. On the east side of the monastery, the tower survived during the Venetian era. This is verified by a mark, on a Roman inscription, dating back in 1596.

Ruins of the tower still exist today. Eventually, the monks, forced by the constant pirate raids, abandoned the monastery of Saint George and founded the Monastery of Kyra Gonia near Kolimbari.

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0.1 km Saint George monastery at Menies ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 0.9 km Limnionari beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 1.3 km Ancient Diktynna ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 1.5 km Menies Beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 2.9 km Chironisia beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 3.7 km German bunker at Spatha ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 4.5 km Sfakos beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 5.5 km Gionas plane tree ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 5.5 km Saint John monastery at Gionas ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 5.7 km Church of Saint Anthony at Rodopos ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 6.2 km Church of Saint Nicholas at Rodopos ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 7.7 km Agios Pavlos Beach, Ravdoucha ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 7.7 km Saints Peter and Paul monastery at Rodopos ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 8.5 km Ellinospilios Cave ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 9.6 km Afrata beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.3 10.8 km Villa Senekjana in Rodopos ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 11.9 km Museum of Cretan Wild Plants at Kolimbari ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.2 12.1 km Saint George monastery at Kolimbari ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0

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