Dafni

Dafni is a small settlement on . It is located on the southern coast of the Athonite peninsula between and Simonopetra Monastery.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Hamlet with 16 residents
  • Description: human settlement and port on Mount Athos, Greece
  • Also known as: “Dafni, Mount Athos” and “Dháfni”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Xeropotamou Monastery.

Monastery
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of in , in the middle side of peninsula. The monastery ranks eighth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agiou Panteleimonos monastery and Simonopetra monastery.

Locality
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Saint Panteleimon Monastery, also known as Rossikon or New Russik, is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries on , located on the southwestern side of the peninsula of the region of . is situated 3 km northwest of Dafni.

Locality
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, also Monastery of Simonos Petra, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of in . It ranks 13th in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. is situated 3½ km southeast of Dafni.

Locality
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The Holy Monastery of Saint Gregory, also known as Gregoriou Monastery is an Orthodox Christian monastery in the monastic state of in . is situated 5 km southeast of Dafni.

Dafni

Latitude
40.2141° or 40° 12′ 51″ north
Longitude
24.22264° or 24° 13′ 22″ east
Population
16
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR DAF
Open location code
8GG6667F+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 303638339
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
736482
Wiki­data ID
Q2453100
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Dafni” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Dafni”
  • Bulgarian: “Дафни”
  • Catalan: “Dafni”
  • Chinese: “达夫尼”
  • Dutch: “Dafni”
  • Finnish: “Dáfni”
  • French: “Dafni”
  • French: “Dáfni”
  • Georgian: “დაფნი”
  • German: “Dafni”
  • Greek: “Δάφνη Αγίου Όρους”
  • Greek: “Δάφνη”
  • Irish: “Dafni”
  • Italian: “Dafni”
  • Macedonian: “Дафина”
  • Macedonian: “Дафни”
  • Romanian: “Dafni”
  • Russian: “Дафни”
  • Serbian: “Дафни (Света Гора)”
  • Serbian: “Дафни”
  • Spanish: “Dafni”
  • Ukrainian: “Дафні”

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