# Kaisariani Monastery

Athens, Greece

An 11th-century Byzantine monastery on the wooded slopes of Mount Hymettus east of Athens. Its cross-in-square church holds frescoes from 1682, and a sacred spring on the site was linked in antiquity to the goddess Aphrodite.

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Coordinates: 37.96083, 23.79833

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