Spišská Kapitula

Spišská Kapitula is an exceptionally well-preserved ecclesiastical town on the outskirts of , , and overlooking . It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Levoča, Spiš Castle and the associated cultural monuments".
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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.

Church
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St Martin's Cathedral is a cathedral in . It is located in the town of Spišská Kapitula and is the cathedral church of the Spiš diocese. is situated 160 metres southwest of Spišská Kapitula.

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The ruins of in eastern form one of the six largest castle sites in Slovakia. The castle is situated above the town of and the village of , in the region known as . is situated 2 km east of Spišská Kapitula.

Church
Photo: Doko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 590 metres east of Spišská Kapitula.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spišské Podhradie and Jablonov.

Photo: János Korom Dr., CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town of 3,800 people famous for its castle. The Spiš Castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the region of . Founded in the 12th century, it guarded the borders of the former Szepes county of the former Kingdom of .

Village
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is a and municipality in in the of central-eastern .

Spišská Kapitula

Latitude
49.00137° or 49° 0′ 5″ north
Longitude
20.74247° or 20° 44′ 33″ east
Elevation
485 metres (1,591 feet)
Open location code
8GX22P2R+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 405839286
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
723528
Wiki­data ID
Q1042821
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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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