Supposedly, one of the oldest churches in the prefecture of Argolida, this church’s actual date of assembly is not confirmed. However, the west side of the church, just above its entrance has the inscribed date of 1381.
Bibliographic documentation recognizes this church as the predominant one of the prefecture in 1696.
It was built in the type of the composite four-conical cross-shaped inscribed church with a dome and, together with other churches of the 12th and 13th centuries of Argolis, it constitutes a special unit in the context of the Greek School of Architecture.
The campanile of the church is quite noteworthy with a part of it being architecturally capital. The church’s interior has been frescoed some time during the second period of the Venetian domination.
The cross shaped, basilica structured church of St. Nicolas lies in the north of the region of “Iria” next to the debris of a tower, and it is also used as the church’s cemetery for that region.
Outside the precinct of the monastery is the monastery’s spring, famous for its water. Some identify this spring with the ancient Kanathos mentioned by the 2nd century AD traveller. Pausanias.
Today, the Agia Moni is a women’s retreat with 6 nuns who look after the monastery and its surroundings.
Geographical Coordinates
Iria 210 60
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