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Chios

Nea Moni of Chios

Nea Moni is an 11th-century Greek Orthodox former monastery complex, now convent and history museum, located on the island of , in the region of .
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  • Opening hours:
    March—October: 8:00 AM—1:00 PM and 5:00 PM—8:00 PM
    November—February: 8:00 AM—1:00 PM and 4:00 PM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: 11th-century monastery on the island of Chios, Greece
  • Also known as: “Nea Mone” and “Nea Moni Chiou”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avghonima and Dafnonas.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Nea Moni of Chios.

Village
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is a village on the center of the of , located in the North Aegean islands region of . Its population was 366 as of the 2021 census. is situated 3½ km southeast of Nea Moni of Chios.

Hamlet
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is a medieval, now abandoned, village on the Greek island of , 16 km from . Created in the Byzantine era, probably by workers of the Nea Moni of Chios, the village was abandoned after the Massacre of Chios in 1822 and the earthquake of 1881. is situated 4½ km northwest of Nea Moni of Chios.

Nea Moni of Chios

Latitude
38.37421° or 38° 22′ 27″ north
Longitude
26.05499° or 26° 3′ 18″ east
Elevation
441 metres (1,447 feet)
Open location code
8GC893F3+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 219566784
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Geo­Names ID
444784
Wiki­data ID
Q740076
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Nea Moni of Chios” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير نيا موني”
  • Bulgarian: “Неа Мони”
  • Bulgarian: “Нов манастир”
  • Chinese: “希俄斯新修道院”
  • Croatian: “Nea Moni”
  • Czech: “Klášter Nea Moni”
  • Czech: “Nea Moni”
  • Dutch: “Nea Moni”
  • Estonian: “Néa Moní klooster”
  • Finnish: “Néa Moní”
  • Finnish: “Nea Monin luostari”
  • French: “monastère Nea Moni de Chios”
  • French: “Monastère Nea Moni de Chios”
  • Georgian: “ნეა მონის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Kloster Nea Moni”
  • German: “Nea Moni”
  • Greek: “Νέα Μονή Χίου”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר נאה מוני בכיוס”
  • Hindi: “चिओस के नीआ मोनी”
  • Hungarian: “Nea Moni-kolostor”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Nea Moni”
  • Japanese: “ネア・モニ修道院”
  • Latin: “Nea Mone”
  • Lithuanian: “Chijo Naujasis vienuolynas”
  • Lithuanian: “Nea Moni”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир Неа Мони”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Nea Moni ta’ Chios”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Nea Moni”
  • Maltese: “Nea Moni ta‘ Chios”
  • Maltese: “Nea Moni ta’ Chios”
  • Maltese: “Nea Moni”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nea Moni”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Néa Moní”
  • Norwegian: “Nea Moni”
  • Persian: “نئا مونی”
  • Polish: “Nea Moni”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro Novo de Chios”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro Novo”
  • Portuguese: “Nea Moni”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Nea Moni”
  • Russian: “Неа Мони”
  • Russian: “Неа-Мони”
  • Serbian: “Неа Мони”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nea Moni”
  • Slovak: “Monastier Nea Moni”
  • Slovenian: “Nea Moni”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Nea Moni”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Néa Moní”
  • Swedish: “Nea Moni”
  • Tatar: “Хиос утравындагы Неа Мони кәшишханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Nea Moni”
  • Ukrainian: “Неа-Моні”
  • Vietnamese: “Nea Moni của Chios”
  • Western Frisian: “Nea Moni”

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