Bellapais Abbey

Bellapais Abbey is the ruin of a monastery built by canons regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of , in , about 5 kilometres from .
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 219 metres (719 feet)
  • Description: 13th-century monastery in Northern Cyprus
  • Also known as
    “Abbaye de la Pais”
    “Avvaeion”
    “Bellabayıs Monastırı”
    “Béllapais Avvaeion”
    “Saint Mary of the Mountain”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Panagia Apsinthiotissa.
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or Absinthiotissa is a Greek… is situated 4 km southeast of Bellapais Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bellapais and Ozankoy.
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Kyrenia is the chief port and tourist resort of .
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Kazafani or Kazaphani is a village in the of .
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is a historic village, now a suburb of , Cyprus. is situated 3 km northwest of Bellapais Abbey.

Bellapais Abbey

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Latitude
35.30662° or 35° 18′ 24″ north
Longitude
33.35564° or 33° 21′ 20″ east
Open location code
8G7M8944+J7
Geo­Names ID
20113
Wiki­data ID
Q3014390

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Bellapais Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Bellapais abbatlığı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bellapais Abbey”
  • Basque: “Bellapais abadetxea”
  • Cebuano: “Avvaeíon”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Bellapais”
  • Finnish: “Bélapaïsin luostari”
  • Finnish: “Bellapaisin luostari”
  • French: “Abbaye de Bellapais”
  • French: “abbaye de la Belle Paix”
  • French: “Abbaye de la Belle Paix”
  • Georgian: “ბელაპაისის სააბატო”
  • German: “Abtei Bellapais”
  • German: “Bellapais”
  • Greek: “Avvaeíon”
  • Greek: “Αββαείο Μπελαπάις”
  • Greek: “Αββαείον”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר בלפאיס”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Bellapais”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Bellapais”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Bellapais”
  • Korean: “벨라파이스 수도원”
  • Persian: “بلاپایس ابی”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Bellapais”
  • Russian: “Аббатство Беллапаис”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Bellapais”
  • Spanish: “abadia de Bellapais”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Bellapais”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Bellapais”
  • Swedish: “Klostret Bellapais”
  • Turkish: “Bellapais Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Беллапаїське абатство”

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