Monastery in Amorgos Bashny.Net

On the hill of the island of Amorgos, located in the Aegean Sea, is the Byzantine monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa at an altitude of about 300 meters above sea level. You can only see it from the sea.

The monastery was built on the east of the Greek Cycladic islands in the XI-th century. The main goal of the construction - protection from regular pirate attacks. Symbol, located inside the monastery, according to legend, was brought from Palestine by means of the raft. Overall dimensions of the building are quite small - about 40 meters high and 5 meters wide. Inside there is a maze of rocks from the temple and various ancillary facilities required monks. Before. In place of the stone staircase was sliding wooden, so that in case of attack it can be removed. Pointed arch was vodvignuta later in the XV-th century, and two centuries, was constructed door frame gate of stone.