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 Bellapais, in Northern Cyprus, about five kilometres from the town of Kyrenia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: 13th-century monastery in Northern Cyprus
- Also known as: “Abbaye de la Pais”, “Avvaeion”, “Bellabayıs Monastırı”, “Béllapais Avvaeion”, and “Saint Mary of the Mountain”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Panagia Apsinthiotissa.
Panagia Apsinthiotissa
Building
Panagia Apsinthiotissa or Absinthiotissa is a Greek Orthodox monastery located at the southern foot of the Pentadaktylos range in the Republic of Cyprus. Panagia Apsinthiotissa is situated 4 km southeast of Bellapais Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellapais and Ozankoy.
Bellapais
Village
Photo: Josef Moser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyrenia is the chief port and tourist resort of Northern Cyprus. Its old centre is dominated by the castle over the harbour, built by the Venetians in 1540.
Ozankoy
Village
Photo: Pot Noodle, CC BY 2.0.
Kazafani or Kazaphani is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. It was traditionally agricultural village, originally based around the feudal estate of Casal Pifani.
Thermeia
Village
Thermeia is a historic village, now a suburb of Kyrenia, Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 868. Thermeia is situated 3 km northwest of Bellapais Abbey.
Bellapais Abbey
- Categories: monastery, abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bélapaïs, Keryneia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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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”
- Italian: “abbazia di Bellapais”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Bellapais”
- 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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