The lush valley of Potamia on Naxos hosts the Byzantine chapel of Agios Mamas –patron saint of shepherds. Also known by the name of Theoskepasti, the 10th century chapel is one of the island’s oldest ...

Agios Nikolaos, the oldest church in the village of Agios Arsenios on Naxos, built on a hilltop on the western side of the settlement before 1660, houses some rare relics. The middle of three aisles i ...

Ai Sozos, a tiny, whitewashed chapel perched on a rock next to the sea in the Kalandos area, is one of those magical sights of lasting memory on Naxos. The church was built by a merchant after his boa ...

The Catholic Cathedral, located in Naxos' Kastro in the Old Town, was built in the medieval era. It went through various construction phases before taking its final shape in the 17th century. Its marb ...

The Capella Kazatza church is located at Kastro’s highest point, next to the School of Commerce on Naxos. The local tradition considered Capella Kazantza to be the  chapel of Marco Sanudo –the Venetia ...

Photodotis is Naxos’s oldest and perhaps most important fortified monastery. Located at an idyllic spot at an altitude of 500m, north of the village of Danakos and amidst age-old oak trees, fig trees ...

The Orthodox Cathedral on Naxos was built in place of a smaller church, Zoodochos Pigi, and acquired its present-day shape between 1780 and 1787. Building materials from older churches and ancient con ...

The monastery of Agia is built on an idyllic site at an altitude of 220m, just 6km away from the village of Apollonas on Naxos. The main church of the monastery is a vaulted basilica with three aisles ...

The Agios Eleftherios Μonastery stands graciously on the southern side of Sagrivillage on Naxos. Maintained in good condition following a third round of restoration work, the monastery is comprised of ...

The fascinating cave of the Nativity and the remains of the early Byzantine monastery of Kaloritsa are found above Timios Stavros monastery, on the slope of Mt. Prophitis Ilias on Naxos. The natural c ...