The building in the past was a Catholic monastery of the Augustinian Order named Santa Maria.

[2] The minaret was built in 1890, during the last years of Turkish rule in Crete, by the engineer Georgios Daskalakis.

The doorway of the church consists of two semi-columns on each side with Corinthian-style columns and a separate pedestal for each, which support the trigos.

Above the door and below the threshold there is an arch, and a large fork in the middle of the bow.

The composition is believed to be based on the work of Sebastiano Serlio.