The fortified monastery of Timios Stavros (also known as Bazeos Tower by the name of the family who now own it) in the Agiassos valley, outside the village of Sagri, is one of Naxos’s most characteris ...

The monastery of Faneromeni is built in the form of a Venetian tower and it is situated on a hill overlooking the whole northwest coast of Naxos. Its foundation dates back to the 14th century. The mon ...

Agios Nikolaos church in Upper Sagri on Naxos is a single-aisle domed church, with an interior covered by successive layers of frescoes depicting the birth and baptism of Jesus Christ. The most recent ...

Panagia (Virgin Mary) Aperathitissa church on Naxos, named after the village, is located on its main street. Built in the 18th century, it has an imposing presence. The church’s marble bell tower, alt ...

In 1836, a very old icon of Panagia (Virgin Mary) was found at Tholos position, in the area of Argokili on Naxos. It was thought to have been there at least since the period of iconoclasm some 1,000 y ...

Panagia (Virgin Mary) Damniotissa is a pretty, cruciform church on Naxos with a dome of the 9th-10th centuries, situated where the Daminos settlement once existed. It retains three layers of frescoes ...

The Church of Panagia (Virgin Mary) Drossiani –a short distance from Moni, on the way to Chalki- is one of Naxos’s oldest. The church, part of an old monastery, has a unique architectural style, with ...

Panagia Attaliotissa, a church dedicated to the Assumption of Virgin Mary, is located approximately 400m north of the village of Galini on Naxos. This cruciform, domed basilica is a listed monument an ...

Panagia (Virgin Mary) Theoskepasti, Kastro’s Orthodox Church, is located directly behind the Catholic Cathedral, and next to the Catholic Episcopal Palace on Naxos. This church is double-aisled, its s ...

About 1.5km SW of the settlement of Atsipapi, at Loiri on Naxos, is the 9th century Byzantine church of Panagia (Virgin Mary) Kera. Its architectural style is the rare transitional cruciform, circumsc ...