Panagia Spiliotissa Monastery

The founding of the church is traditionally associated with the finding of the icon of the Virgin Mary in the cave where the current cave church is built. According to one version, it was founded around the 11th century, but the prevailing view is that the monastery was founded in the early 14th century, as is the dating of the church of the Holy Cross on the upper level of the complex, as well as the ruined anonymous church outside the southwest side. It is possible that there was a church from the 11th century, but it did not function as a monastery.

The complex is structured on three levels and is surrounded on the south by a high fortress-like wall. In the eastern part of the middle level is the catholicon, while to the west are the simple monastic buildings, as they were formed over the centuries. The catholicon is formed on the south with an archway in an open narthex, while internally it is divided into two spaces.