Spišská Kapitula
Spišská Kapitula is an exceptionally well-preserved ecclesiastical town on the outskirts of Spišské Podhradie, Slovakia, and overlooking Spiš Castle. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Religious organization
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: ecclesiastical town and residence of the Bishop of Spiš
- Also known as: “Spišská kapitula”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Martin’s Cathedral and Spiš Castle.
St Martin’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Martin's Cathedral is a cathedral in Slovakia. It is located in the town of Spišská Kapitula and is the cathedral church of the Spiš diocese. St Martin’s Cathedral is situated 160 metres southwest of Spišská Kapitula.
Spiš Castle
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The ruins of Spiš Castle in eastern Slovakia belong to six largest castles sites in Slovakia. The castle is situated above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra, in the region known as Spiš. Spiš Castle is situated 2 km east of Spišská Kapitula.
Kostol sv. Jána z Boha
Church
Photo: Doko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kostol sv. Jána z Boha is a church, which is situated 590 metres east of Spišská Kapitula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spišské Podhradie and Jablonov.
Spišské Podhradie
Photo: János Korom Dr., CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spišské Podhradie is a town of 3,800 people famous for its castle. The Spiš Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Spiš region of Slovakia. Founded in the 12th century, it guarded the borders of the former Szepes county of the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Jablonov
Village
Photo: Štefan Blaško, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jablonov is a village and municipality in Levoča District in the Prešov Region of central-eastern Slovakia.
Spišská Kapitula
- Categories: human settlement, quarter, and religion
- Location: Spišské Podhradie, Levoča District, Prešov Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.00137° or 49° 0′ 5″ northLongitude
20.74247° or 20° 44′ 33″ eastElevation
485 metres (1,591 feet)Open location code
8GX22P2R+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 405839286OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicGeoNames ID
723528Wikidata ID
Q1042821
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Spišská Kapitula” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սպիշսկա Կապիտուլա”
- Basque: “Spiško kabildoa”
- Belarusian: “Сьпіска капітула”
- Catalan: “convent de Spiš”
- Catalan: “Convent de Spiš”
- Chinese: “斯皮什卡卡皮圖拉”
- Czech: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Dutch: “Spišská Kapitula”
- French: “Spišská Kapitula”
- German: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Hebrew: “ספישסקה קפיטולה”
- Hungarian: “Szepes Káptalan”
- Hungarian: “Szepeshely”
- Hungarian: “szepesi káptalan”
- Italian: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Japanese: “スピシュスカー・カピトゥラ”
- Macedonian: “Спишска Капитула”
- Maltese: “Kunvent ta‘ Spiš”
- Maltese: “Kunvent ta’ Spiš”
- Polish: “Spiska Kapituła”
- Polish: “Spišska Kapitula”
- Polish: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Romanian: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Russian: “Спишска Капитула”
- Slovak: “Slovenský Vatikán”
- Slovak: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Slovenian: “Spiška Kapitula”
- Spanish: “Convento de Spis”
- Spanish: “Convento de Spiš”
- Spanish: “Spisska Kapitula”
- Spanish: “Spisská Kapitula”
- Spanish: “Spišska Kapitula”
- Spanish: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Turkish: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Ukrainian: “Списька капітула”
- Uzbek: “Spišská Kapitula”
- Vietnamese: “Spišská Kapitula”
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