Monasteries and churches in Crete

Working monasteries and historic churches, including Arkadi, where the 1866 powder-magazine explosion killed hundreds during the Ottoman siege, and Preveli and Toplou, all with a dress code of covered shoulders and knees. Covers religious sites, not the museums housing Byzantine icons.

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