Religious Monuments

Lefkada has a large number of Byzantine Monuments of enormous historical and artistic value. They are churches and monasteries, which are scattered on the island and date from 65 AD. until the 18th century. They are stone and tiled with impressive baroque architectural elements and have iconostasis of infinite beauty, exquisite icons and impressive murals. Small painting museums of the island can easily be named. Some of them are:

The church of Agia Mavra, located inside the castle of the same name.

The church of Pantokrator, which belongs to the descendants of the Valaoritis family and where there is the tomb of the poet Aristotle Valaoritis and is located in the center of the market in the city of Lefkada.

The church of Agios Spyridon, in the central square of the city.

The church of Agios Minas that is adjacent to the church of Pantokrator.

The church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos in Gyra, in the narrow strip of land that closes the northwest of the lagoon of Lefkada.

The church of Agios Nikolaos, in the center of the city.

The Virgin of Vlacherna, in Eleonas.

The small church of Agios Ioannis of Antzousis, almost inside a rock at the edge of the beach of Gyra, at the point where the coast rises.

The chapel of Pantokrator, 1 km northeast of the village of Kavalos, with its bell hanging from a huge oak tree in front of the temple courtyard.

The church of Agios Spyridon, in Lazarata.

The church of Agios Nikolaos, in Kavalos.

The church of Taxiarches, in Spanochori.

The church of Panagia tis Episkopi, in Spanochori.

The church of Agios Stefanos, in Exanthia.

Agios Spyridonas and Agia Paraskevi, in Karya.

The small church of Agios Donatos, above the village of Englouvi.

The small church of Agia Kyriaki, in the bay of Vlychos opposite Nydri.

The church of Agios Charalambos, in the village of Vlychos.

Panagia Evangelistria, at the entrance of the village Neochori.

The Franciscan Church of the Holy Apostles of the 13th century.

The Monastery of Faneromeni, on the green pine-covered hill, west of the city.

The Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Niras, just before the lighthouse of Lefkata.

The Monastery of Agios Georgios, in the forest of Skara, shortly after Kolyvata.

The Hermitage of the Holy Fathers, in a rocky area, 5 km above Nikiana to Alexander, in a cave near the area of ​​Skara.

The Monastery of the Virgin of Hodegetria, near Apolpaina, in the olive grove.

The Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos, at the edge of the plain of Karya.

The Monastery of the Incarnate Archangel Michael, just outside Vaukeri.

The historic monastery of the Red Church, Evangelistria, in Platistoma.

The Monastery of the Prophet Elias, in Spanochori.

The Monastery of Agios Ioannis, 5 km south of the village of Vournika, at Rodaki, above the bay of Vasiliki.

The Monastery of Agios Georgios in Marantochori.

The Monastery of Agios Kirikos in Athani.

The Monastery of Agios Nikolaos, about 3 km east of Nikolas.

The small monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos, on the pebble beach west of Meganisi.