Lakkoskiti

Lakkoskiti - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Lakkoskiti (, ) is the short form name of a small "monastic village" of not more than 15 "huts" (houses) consisting the idiorrhythmic "skete of Agiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou". It is situated in the north foothills of Mount Athos, in Greece, in the Morfonou River valley and surrounded by a forest of chestnut trees. The summit of Antiathonas (1042 m) is located just to the southwest of the skete. Lakkoskiti is inhabited by Romanian monks. Read more on Wikipedia

type: monastery
date from: None

Source: en.wikipedia.org