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| The Monastery of Agios Georgios (St George) Gorgolainis The monastery is about I km west of Kato Asites village, and 22 km from Heraklion. The name may originate from an abbreviation of the words "gorgos" (rapid) and "eleimon" (merciful), or from the spring in the monastery's courtyard, which would fill the "lainia" (water vessels) rapidly. The exact date of establishment is unknown, but it is thought to have been built towards the end of Venetian rule in Crete, as there is a Venetian lion in the monastery's courtyard, bearing the inscription MDCXVII, i.e. 16 17. Under Turkish rule, the monastery was destroyed three times, as revenge for its role in the uprisings against the Ottoman Empire, and was re-built as many times. The monastery's double-aisled church is dedicated to Saints Georgios Gorgoeleimon and Nikolaos. Finally, the grave of revolutionary Fraggios Mastrachas, who was stop ed there in the 1866 uprising, can be seen in the Monastery's courtyard. |
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