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Historic church from the 15th century.

The Church of Megali Panagia in Neapoli is a historic place of worship built at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. It is the largest church in Eastern Crete.

The Church of Mercy was built in 1728, on the site of a 1400's church, with construction lasting nearly twenty years, ending in 1746. After the January 1, 1980 earthquake, this temple was one of the least affected temples in Angra, serving as a repository of sacred art that was transferred from other temples in order to speed up their reconstruction. The church contains 6 chapels, a single nave, and a 200 year old organ.

The construction of the Church of Mercy began in 1775, with master mason António da Costa Faro being responsible for the work and possibly also for the design of the rococo façade. The sculptural group of the Visitation, by the Visigoth sculptor José Monteiro Nelas (1875), and the paintings Visitation and Our Lady of Sorrows (1885), by the painter also from the same town, António José Pereira (1821-1895), stand out in the church.

The Church of Metamorphosis is one of the oldest churches in Vamos, in north-west Crete.

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The church of Michael the Archangel is a single-nave Venetian-era building with a vaulted ceiling and mural decoration.

The church is an underground religious building dug at the beginning of the 12th century in impressive proportions (38m long and 12m high). In the heart of the city, the monolithic church recalls the religious activity of the city in the Middle Ages and intrigues by its unusual design. If it reveals itself to the visitor's eyes by the position of a 68-metre high bell tower, it then hides behind the elegance of three openings in the facade and an often closed Gothic portal. The church is as surprising as it is fragile!

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krużlowa Wyżna was built in 1520, funded by Jan Pieniążek.