Former Monasteries.
Former Monasteries.
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Former Monasteries.
In the Byzantine period many other monasteries operated on
Mount Athos that fell into decline, were downgraded to de-
pendencies or were abandoned for different reasons. Impor-
tant examples included the monastery of Kaletzis, from which
the so-called tower of Kolitsou is preserved, erected in the
86. Former monasteries, tower of Morphonou (Αρχαίες μονές, πύργος
της Μορφονούς)
86. Former monasteries, tower of Kolitsou (Αρχαίες μονές, πύργος της
Κολιτσούς)
12th-13th c. and renovated in the 14th c., when the monas-
tery was rendered a metochion of Vatopedi. The Amalphinon
monastery was annexed to Great Lavra as a metochion in the
late 13th c. Building remains at the Morphonou site are attrib-
uted to the Amalphinon monastic complex, as well as the first
phase of the Amalphinon tower, dominating the road to Lavra.
