Large, stone-built cruciform church with three semicircular conches, three-sided outside, and two small apses on the north and south arm of the cross. The church has many successive architectural phases (the one seen dates from the 6th century A.D.) and was destroyed by the Arabs in A.D. 824.

The small village of Lentas on the southern coast of Iraklion

View from the Acropolis of Gortyna

The Praetorium was the seat and residence of the proconsul of Crete.
Gortyna Archaeological site.

Gortyna Archaeological Site

View from Acropolis of Gortyna

Aerial View from North to the South

The small village of Lentas on the southern slopes of Asteroussia mountains

Aerial View from South to the North