Monastery Panagia Hozoviotissa

The monastery was built on the easternmost of the Greek Kikland Islands in the 11th century. The main goal of the facility is to protect against regular pirate attacks. The symbol, located inside the monastery, according to legend, was brought from Palestine with the help of a raft. The overall dimensions of the building are rather small - about 40 meters in height and 5 meters in width. Inside the rock there is a whole labyrinth of the temple and all sorts of ancillary facilities needed by the monks. Before. In place of the stone staircase was a retractable wooden one, so that in the event of an attack it could be removed. The arched arch was later re-inserted, in the XVth century, and two centuries later, a door frame of stone gates was erected.