Monastery of St.Georgios Krimnon - Zante
- Zakynthos Greece
The
Monastery of St Georgios Krimnon (of the precipices), built in
the middle of 16th century, at the mountainous region of Volimes.
In the town of Anafonitria besides
the Monastery of the Holy Mother there is the one of St. George
Krimnon built on a promontory from where you can look at the sea.
Entering the courtyard of the monastery it is possible to admire
on the left the abodes of the resident inhabitants of the monastery,
in the middle the tower and on the right a small church.
We do not know when the church
was built, but it was destroyed by pirates in 1553 and then rebuilt
in Venetian style.
The circular tower was built to
defend the monastery from assaults.
