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The Church of the Intercession is a wooden Orthodox church built in 1739, partially rebuilt in the 19th century. It is a monument of vernacular architecture with Baroque features. The church has a rich palette of colours, the blue walls are combined with a silver roof and golden crosses, not forgetting the colourful stained glass windows in the apse.

The Church of the Intercession is an Orthodox church dating from 1797. In 1825 the chapel of that time was renovated and its size was considerably increased, becoming a church. In 1907 the church was completely rebuilt. Closed after the war, the parish resumed its activities in 1988.

The Orthodox Church of the Intercession was built of wood in 1870. It contains a very precious icon of the Transfiguration of the Lord, dating from the 17th century.

The Orthodox Church of the Intercession was built in wood in 1857 but completely rebuilt in 1907. In 1910, a wooden parish school was also built in 1910. It is a monument of neo-Russian style architecture. The temple has a bell tower, a prayer hall, an apse, a two-storey bell tower, a cubic main hall with an onion-shaped spire.

The Orthodox Church of the Intercession dates back to 1856. This monument of vernacular architecture was last restored in 1992.

The Church of the Intercession is a wooden Orthodox church built in 1885. It is a monument of eclectic architecture using forms of classicism and retrospective Russian style. It consists of a vestibule, a nave, a main hall made of logs, an apse with side sacristies.

The Church of the Lady of the Crusades (Panagia Stavroforon) is a historic place of worship in Heraklion. It belonged to a monastery during the Venetian era, was later transformed into a mosque and finally became a church again in the 19th century.

A church of the Madonna della Difesa Cortina was consecrated for the first time in 1482, but the present church dates back to 1750. On the gable façade there is a fresco representing the Madonna della Difesa. The interior is delusively enlarged by pictorial decorations made in 1908. On the ceiling, there is a representation of the event that gave its name to the church: the intervention of the Virgin Mary to defend the Ampezzo people in the battle against the Lombards. Since 1941, the church of the Blessed Virgin of Defense has been entrusted to the Franciscan Friars Minor.

The Church of the Madonna Dudu, or Cathedral of the Mother of God, was built between 1750 and 1756. It had to be rebuilt in 1844 after being destroyed by the earthquake of 1831. The painting in the church bears the signature of Gheorghe Tattarescu. The church was named after the miraculous icon of the Mother of God who made the church a place of pilgrimage.

The church of the Madonnina of Prato was built between the 16th and 17th centuries and acquired its definitive Mannerist appearance in the last century. In 1722 the Baroque bell tower was added and in 1742 the sacristy was rebuilt in larger dimensions. Between 1995 and 1996, a complete restoration of the interior and exterior restored the church to its original appearance.