Karakallou Monastery
The Karakallou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the south-eastern side of the peninsula and ranks eleventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.- Greek Orthodox monastery
- …has 50 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 170 metres (560 feet)
- Description: Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece
- Address: Άγιο Όρος
- Also known as“Karakalou monastery”“Karyaes”“Moní Karakála”“Moní Karakállou”“Moní Karakálou”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iviron monastery and Tower of Morfonou.
Iviron monastery
Monastery
The Monastery of Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox… Iviron monastery is situated 3 km northwest of Karakallou Monastery.
Tower of Morfonou
Tower
Tower of Morfonou is situated 3 km southeast of Karakallou Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Provata and Philotheou monastery.
Provata
Locality
Provata is an area of Mount Athos that belongs to the Monastery of Great Lavra.
Philotheou monastery
Locality
Philotheou or Filotheou Monastery is an Eastern…
Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou
Hamlet
Lakkoskiti is the short name of a small monastic… Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou is situated 3½ km south of Karakallou Monastery.
Karakallou Monastery
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Latitude
40.2238° or 40° 13′ 26″ north
Longitude
24.30947° or 24° 18′ 34″ east
Open location code
8GG668F5+GQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monastery
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodox
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Karakallou Monastery” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Karakallou-klooster”
- Bulgarian: “Каракал”
- Chinese: “卡拉卡拉修道院”
- Dutch: “Karakalou monastery”
- Finnish: “Karákalloksen luostari”
- French: “Monastère de Karakallou”
- Georgian: “კარაკალას მონასტერი”
- German: “Karakalou”
- German: “Kloster Karakallou”
- Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Καρακάλλου”
- Greek: “Μονή Καρακάλλου”
- Italian: “Monastero di Karakalou”
- Korean: “카라칼루 수도원”
- Latin: “Monasterium Caracalli”
- Polish: “Klasztor Karakalu”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Caracalu”
- Russian: “Каракал”
- Serbian: “Манастир Каракал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Karakal”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Karakal”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Karakallou”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Karakalos”
- Turkish: “Karakalou Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Каракал”
- Vietnamese: “Tu viện Karakallou”
- Western Frisian: “Karakallou-kleaster”
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