Walking down the footpath from Gouverneto Monastery to the ruined Katholiko Monastery you find this large cave. In the middle of the large cave there is a massive stalagmite in the shape of a bear. Tradition connects this cave with the worship of Goddess Artemis. I more liked the outlook to the sea......
Monastery Katholiko is a Byzantine rock-carved building of the 11th century, with a Venetian façade, perhaps the most ancient monastery on Crete. After numerous pirates' raids the monks abandoned it in the 16th century and stays uninhabited since then.
Since 1992 we are on Crete almost every year for a week in September, always in the small Pension Panorama above the beach of Falasarna.
HFF and a great weekend!
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