A passable dirt road that starts from the cemetery of village Gournes and heads south, leads us to position Xevigli where there is a temple of the former monastery Saint John Pezetis, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist (feast day is August 29th). The small church interior bears frescoes in fair condition, dated in two phases.
Венецианская церковь Св. Дмитрия находится в поселении Кастри и была главной церковью при одноименном монастыре. Сегодня кельи и другие постройки монастыря заброшены. Церковь имеет один неф, свод и два входа (с юга и запада). Название Галатоктистос означает «построенный на молоке» и происходит от легенды, согласно которой церковь была построена на молоке, пожертвованным местными пастухами.
The Byzantine church of Agia Marina is preserved in the cemetery of village Meseleri in Ierapetra with exceptional wall paintings dating back to the Venetian era (14th century). Among the frescoes that stand out are the birth of Jesus and the Descent to Hades in the sanctuary (instead of the usual depiction of the Ascension of Jesus).
Το χωριό Αβδού παίρνει το όνομά του από τον Προφήτη Αβδιού. Στην τοποθεσία Λινές έχει αναστηλωθεί κατεστραμμένος ναός που πιστεύεται ότι ανήκε στον προφήτη Αβδιού και έχει λάβει το όνομά του. Ο ναός εορτάζει στις 19 Νοεμβρίου.
Parakalouri, now known as Saint Constantine, is a small village of the province of Mirabello. Apart from the small lake formed in winter, the place is known for the church of Saint Constantine and Saint Helen which bears frescoes dating back from the Venetian Era.
The present church of the Lady of the Angels or Mikri Panagia (Little Virgin Mary) to the east of the Old Town of Rethymnon, in contrast to the Megali Panagia (Great Virgin), that is, the Rethymno metropolitan church, was built in the last years of the Venetian rule and was dedicated to Mary Magdalene of the Dominican Order.
Saint Demetrius by Galifa operated as a monastery during the Venetian Era, as evidenced even today by the dispersed traces of monk cells around. The doorway is impressive with a relief representation of Saint Demetrius on horseback. The small monastery was a dependency of Agarathos monastery.
Just outside the village Houdetsi and very close to the archaeological site of Vathypetro we meet the cavernous church of St. Panteleimon (Pantaleon). It is built on a slope of an area called Thergia with amazing views to the valleys of the northern Heraklion and the sacred mountain of Youchtas.
