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Makrysios Convent

COUNTY: Arcadia MUNICIPALITY: Megalopolis

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Type

Monastery

TL;DR

Visit Makrysiou convent built in an immense expanse to find inner peace.
This convent was built on a small hill in 1833 and is located on the Tripolis-Megalopolis road. Dedicated to Panagia it celebrates on August 15. In the court there is the Agios Fanourios chapel and a guest house for the accommodation of the nuns. The catholicon is a one-aisled basilica and decorated with beautiful frescoes and icons, chief among them, the icon of Koimisis Theotokos.