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Visoki Dečani

The Visoki Dečani Monastery is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located near , . It was founded in the first half of the 14th century by Stefan Dečanski, King of Serbia.
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  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Serbian Orthodox
  • Description: cultural heritage monument of Kosovo
  • Also known as: “Manastir Visoki Decani”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deçan and Carrabreg i Epërm.

Town
is a town and municipality in the , . The municipality has an area of 293.94 km2 and it includes the town and 37 smaller settlements. According to the last census of 2024, the municipality has a population of 27,775.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Visoki Dečani.

Village
is a village in the municipality of western Kosovo. It is located in the basin between Deçan and the village of along the mountainous border with Albania. The majority of the population comprises ethnic Albanians. is situated 3 km southeast of Visoki Dečani.

Visoki Dečani

Latitude
42.54643° or 42° 32′ 47″ north
Longitude
20.26917° or 20° 16′ 9″ east
Elevation
653 metres (2,142 feet)
Open location code
8GJ2G7W9+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 760904648
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­serbian_orthodox
Geo­Names ID
784389
Wiki­data ID
Q849517
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Visoki Dečani” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Manastiri i Deçanit”
  • Arabic: “دير فيسوكي ديتشاني”
  • Belarusian: “Манастыр Высокія Дэчаны”
  • Bosnian: “Manastir Visoki Dečani”
  • Bulgarian: “Високи Дечани”
  • Bulgarian: “Дечани”
  • Bulgarian: “Дечански манастир”
  • Bulgarian: “Манастир Високи Дечани”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Dečani”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Visoki Dečani”
  • Chinese: “代查尼教堂”
  • Chinese: “德查尼修道院”
  • Chinese: “维索基·德查尼修道院”
  • Croatian: “Manastir Dečani”
  • Croatian: “Manastir Visoki Dečani”
  • Croatian: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Czech: “Klášter Visoki Dečani”
  • Czech: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Dutch: “Klooster Visoki Decani”
  • Dutch: “Klooster Visoki Dečani”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير فيسوكي ديتشاني”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Visoki Deĉani”
  • Estonian: “Dečani klooster”
  • Finnish: “Dečanin luostari”
  • French: “Monastère de Decani”
  • French: “Monastère de Dečani”
  • French: “Monastere de Visoki Decani”
  • French: “Monastere de Visoki Dečani”
  • French: “Monastère de Visoki Decani”
  • French: “monastère de Visoki Dečani”
  • French: “Monastère de Visoki Dečani”
  • Georgian: “ვისოკი-დეჩანის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Kloster Visoki Dečani”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Βίσοκι Ντέτσανι”
  • Greek: “Μονή Βισόκι Ντέτσανι”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר דצ’אני”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר ויסוקי דצ’אני”
  • Hungarian: “dečani kolostor”
  • Hungarian: “Dečani kolostor”
  • Hungarian: “Visoki Dečani kolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Dečani”
  • Italian: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Japanese: “デチャニ修道院”
  • Korean: “비소키 데차니”
  • Lithuanian: “Visoki Dečanų vienuolynas”
  • Macedonian: “Високи Дечани”
  • Persian: “صومعهٔ ویسوکی دچانی”
  • Persian: “ویسوکی دچانی”
  • Polish: “Monaster Visoki Dečani”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Visoki Dečani”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Dechani”
  • Portuguese: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea de la Detchani”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea de la Visoki Dečani”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Dečani”
  • Russian: “Высокие Дечаны”
  • Russian: “Дечаны”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Высокие Дечаны”
  • Serbian: “Manastir Visoki Dečani”
  • Serbian: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Serbian: “Високи Дечани”
  • Serbian: “Дечани, Манастир Христа Пантократора”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Високи Дечани”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Дечане”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Дечани”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Visoki Dečani”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Slovenian: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Visoki Dečani”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Visoki Dechani”
  • Swedish: “Deçaniklostret”
  • Swedish: “Klostret i Decani”
  • Swedish: “Visoki Decani”
  • Swedish: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Turkish: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Високі Дечани”
  • Western Panjabi: “وسوکی ڈسانی”

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