Kykkos Monastery
Kykkos Monastery lies 20 km west of Pedoulas, and is one of the wealthiest monasteries in Cyprus. The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos was founded around the end of the 11th century by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: monastery in Cyprus
- Also known as: “Kykko”, “Kykko Monastery”, “Kykkou”, “Kykkou Monastery”, “Moní Kýkkou”, and “Panayia tou Kykkou Monastery”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mylikouri and Tsakistra.
Mylikouri
Village
Mylikouri is a small village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located just south of Kykkos Monastery. Mylikouri is situated 2½ km south of Kykkos Monastery.
Tsakistra
Village
Tsakistra is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 3 km south of Kampos. Tsakistra is situated 5 km north of Kykkos Monastery.
Kykkos Monastery
- Categories: monastery, mausoleum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tsakístra, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Kykkos Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير كيكوس”
- Azerbaijani: “Kikkos monastrı”
- Basque: “Kykkos monasterioa”
- Bulgarian: “манастир Кикос”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Kikkos”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Kikos”
- Catalan: “monestir de l’Arcàngel Miquel”
- Catalan: “monestir del Reial Sant i Stavropègic de la Panagia de Kikkos”
- Cebuano: “Kykkos”
- Danish: “Kykkos kloster”
- Dutch: “Kykkosklooster”
- Finnish: “Kýkkoksen luostari”
- French: “monastère de Kykkos”
- French: “Monastère de Kýkkos”
- German: “Kloster Kykkos”
- German: “Kykkos”
- Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Κύκκου”
- Greek: “Μονή Κύκκου”
- Hebrew: “מנזר קיקוס”
- Indonesian: “Biara Kykkos”
- Italian: “Monastero di Kykkos”
- Japanese: “キッコス修道院”
- Lithuanian: “Kiko vienuolynas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kykkos kloster”
- Norwegian: “Kykkos kloster”
- Polish: “Klasztor Kykkos”
- Russian: “Киккский монастырь”
- Russian: “Монастырь Киккос”
- Serbian: “Манастир Кикос”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Kykkos”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Kikkos”
- Swedish: “Kykkos”
- Turkish: “Cikko Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Кікський монастир”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Кікос”
- Western Frisian: “Kykkoskleaster”
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