It ’s a name that indicates well the geographic position, in fact is situated on the hills that dominate the extreme north-east of Crete that ends with Cape Sidero.

The foundation of the monastery is thought goes back to the XIV Century,

of that age remains only the  Katholikòn that comprises a church, still used for the functions of the Orthodox Christian Liturgy, whose vaults  are frescoed (but unfortunately in really bad  condition) with scenes drawn from the Gospels;

very interesting and well kept instead is a beautiful gallery of various sacred vestments and icons in  Bizantine style  among  which there is one of particular importance, dated 1770,  by the title  "Mègas Kyrie" (Great is the Lord)

 of the Cretan painter Ioànnis Kornàros (1745-1796), which is considered one of the greatest and most representative  works of art in Crete, for this type of Sacred Art.

Of interest also the visit to the near museum coves and to the church, featuring a collection of holy texts in archaic and Latin Greek and of miniatures, prints, cartographies

besides to some weapons and war remains of various historical ages, in a separate room, that  witness the hard fights that have interested in the centuries this area of Crete (at the point that in the XVI century  Moni Toploù  was reconstructed and fortified with 10 meters high walls),

in this room stands out also a great blue flag with white cross  and embroidered image of the Virgin, is the flag of the Cretan revolt of June 1821 against the Ottoman domination

 (1669-1898),