The great basilica in the village of Mitropolis in the western district of Gortyn was discovered in 1978 during road works. The five-aisled basilica with a transept was originally built ca 500 AD during the reign of Justinian.
See:
- Five-aisled episcopal basilica at Mitropolis, https://messaramuseum.gr/site/dynamic-mouseio.shtml?type=page&id=342&lang=en
- Isabella Baldini, La basilica di Mitropolis: problemi di scultura architettonica, Creta Romana e protobizantina, 2004, pp. 1133-1146