Skopelos - Churches / Monasteries 


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Of the 360 churches, chapels and monasteries on the island of Skópelos the most interesting are the Evangelístria monastery (1712), above Skópelos town to the west, which has a 10th century icon of the Mother of God framed in silver; the 16th century Metamorfósis monastery southeast of Skópelos, the oldest on the island; the Áyios Taxiárkhos monastery, with an early Christian church (A.D. 672) in the forecourt; the monastery of the Panayía Livadiótissa (17th C.), on the east side of the island, with an icon of 1671 by the Cretan painter A. Agorastos; the Pródromos monastery (1721), also on the east side; the abandoned monastery of Ayía Varvára (1648); the ruined Episkopí monastery, southwest of Skópelos, with a church of 1078; the church
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Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological site or ruin; Christian sites
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