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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: People from Rethymno Prefecture, Populated places in the Rethymno Prefecture, Arkadi Monastery, Archbishop Stylianos, Anogeia, Nick Dandolos, Mount Ida, Eleutherna Bridge, Stylianos Pattakos, Konstantinos Sapountzakis, Giorgos Xylouris, List of settlements in the Rethymno prefecture, Vosakou Monastery, Emmanouil Tsouderos, Preveli, Zominthos, Loutra, Rethymno, Monastiraki, Crete, Grigorios Spandidakis, Argyroupoli, Rethymno, Plakias, Antonis Papadakis, Paximadia, Mount Kedros, Xiro Chorio, Armeni, Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Mourtzana, Aspros Volakas, Nikolaos Xexakis, Fortezza Castle, Prines, Rethymno, Agios Vasileios, Crete, Mylopotamos, Crete, Rhithymna, Amari, Mavros Volakas, Diapori, Amari Province, Nikiforos Fokas, Lappa, Rethymno, Peristeri, Aktounta, Prasonisi, Foinikas, Geropotamos, Zoniana, Kouloukonas, Lampi, Syvritos, Kourites, Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno, Skouloufia, Museum of Sea Life at Rethymno, Gonia, Archaeological Museum of Rethymno, The Frantzeskaki Collection, Athanatos Gonias, Kotsifos Gorge, FotoTherapy, Municipal Gallery "L. Kanakakis," Museum of the Monastery of Preveli, Kouroupa, Lefkogeia. Excerpt: The monastery of Arkadi (in Greek: / Moni Arkadhiou) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery, situated on a fertile plateau 14 mi (23 km) to the southeast of Rethymnon on the island of Crete (in Greece). The current catholicon (church) dates back to the 16th century and is marked by the influence of the Renaissance. This influence is visible in the architecture, which mixes both Roman and baroque elements. As early as the 16th century, the monastery was a place for science and art and had a school and a rich library. Situated on a plateau, and surrounded by a thick and high wall, the monastery is also built like a fortress. The monastery played an active role in the Cretan resistance of Ottoman...
