Mega Spileo Monastery, Kalavryta
Mega Spileo Monastery is one of the largest monasteries in the Peloponnese and Greece. It is 10th kilometres from Kalavrita.
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Mega Spilaio
The Mega Spilaio, founded in 362 AD, is one of the oldest monasteries in the Greek world. The main temple has wall paintings of 1653, a remarkable marble floor, an icon screen carved into the wood. In the narthex, the frescoes date from the beginning of the 19th century. The monastery has suffered greatly during the last two centuries, taking the side of the Greek revolutionaries in the War of Independence (1821-1829) and being the target of the Nazi massacres north of the Peloponnese. The monastery was rebuilt after the Second World War.
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