The sacred Monastery of Agios Gerasimos is one of the most important religious places in Kefalonia island, Greece. It was founded in 1560 by St. Gerasimos, patron saint of the island, who named his monastery ‘New Jerusalem’.
Agios Gerasimos Monastery was built in the Omala plateau, near Valsama village, surrounded by green hills.
- Known as: Sacred Monastery of Agios Gerasimos, Agios Gerasimos Monastery, Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Γερασίμου Κεφαλληνίας
- Location: Kefalonia south
- Address: Cephalonia 281 00, Valsamata Greece
- Coordinates and map: 38.166015, 20.589161
- Access: asphalt road
- Facilities: free parking lot
- Entry fee: free entrance
- Opening hours: 4:00 – 13:00, 15:30 – 18:00 in every day
- Villages nearby: Valsamata
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