Malevizi

The church of Panagia Kera at Tylisos is a single-aisled church with a dome of the 11th century. The church maintains its basic original features (it has undergone a few alterations though). It is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary (September 8).

The single-aisled vaulted church of Jesus Christ in the old central Square of Tylissos has undergone alterations through the centuries. It’s interior houses an arcosolium (funerary monument of the founder of the church) while there is an exceptional fountain with Arabic inscriptions embedded on its exterior wall.

The church of the Archangel Michael at the deserted settlement of Vlahiana dates back from 1447 and is maintained in good condition. It is a double-aisled church with decors on the exterior of the entrance and a weird window at the back. There is a tomb of the founder of Vlahiana, Georgios Vlahos, who fighted against the Turks at the side of the Cretan hero Daskalogiannis.

A short distance from the village of Kamari will meet the very old restored church of Our Lady (Panagia), built during Turkish Era in an area surrounded by vines.

The wonderful location Hymeftou near the village Moni houses the scenic church dedicated to St. George and the Holy Cross. This was the site of the monastery of the Holy Cross which was a dependency of the monastery Kavallaras at Korfes.

The church of Our Lady (Panagia) at Keramoutsi was originally a single-nave temple and bore frescoes. From the original building survives the eastern part (the apse) with folk art frescoes of the 14th century. In the 16th century the church, for some unknown reason, was renovated and converted into a cruciform temple with a dome.

The temple of Panagia Faneromeni is located in a wooded location of the village Kerasia, on the sides of the beautiful gorge of Kerasia (continuation of the gorge of St. Anthony). The view around is really unique. The current temple was built on the site of a ruined Venetian church in 1914.

In a secluded and lush green area north of village Pendamodi, a dirt road heads to the small single-aisled church of Agia Paraskevi. The surroundings of the temple are beautifully landscaped and here locals organize cultural events in summer.