Hozoviotissa Monastery, Amorgos: The Cliff Monastery and How to Visit

The white Hozoviotissa Monastery and the stone stairway climbing the cliff below Chora on Amorgos

The Hozoviotissa Monastery is the emblem of Amorgos, a dazzling white monastery pressed into a sheer cliff hundreds of metres above the sea below the capital Chora. Eight storeys high yet only metres wide, it clings to the rock face of Mount Profitis Ilias like a swallow’s nest. One of the most dramatic religious buildings … Read more