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Monastery of Avasos

Monastery of Avasos

The Avassos monastery, dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, was founded in the 18th century on the site of an older church, near the village of Ano Kotsanopoulo. Its church, a vaulted basilica, was built in the mid-19th century. There is a carved wooden iconostasis of exceptional artistic meri as well as wall paintings of the same era. Around the monastery, there remain some buildings from its peak (namely, a bridge and watermill).

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