Arkadi Monastery - Architecture

Architecture

Legend :

  1. western door
  2. cloisters
  3. supply room
  4. dairy
  5. wine cellar
  6. oil cellar
  7. stockroom
  8. monk workrooms
  9. monk cells
  10. powder magazine
  11. cellars
  12. kitchen
  13. cellar
  14. refectory (presently the museum)
  15. courtyard
  16. hospice (visitor residence)
  17. church

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