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.
  • Serbian Orthodox monastery
  • …lies at an elevation of around 650 metres (2,140 feet)
  • …is also known as “Manastir Visoki Decani”
  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM–5:30 PM
  • Description: Serbian Orthodox monastery and cultural heritage monument in Kosovo

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deçan and Lëbushë.
or Dečani, is a town and municipality in the , .
is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Visoki Dečani.
is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Visoki Dečani.
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Latitude
42.54643° or 42° 32′ 47″ north
Longitude
20.26917° or 20° 16′ 9″ east
Open location code
8GJ2G7W9+HM
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amenity=­monastery
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historic=­castle
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denomination=­serbian_orthodox
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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 Dečani”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير فيسوكي ديتشاني”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Visoki Deĉani”
  • Estonian: “Dečani klooster”
  • Finnish: “Dečanin luostari”
  • French: “Monastère de 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: “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: “Klostret i Decani”
  • Swedish: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Swedish: “Visoki Dečaniklostret”
  • Turkish: “Visoki Dečani”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Високі Дечани”
  • Western Panjabi: “وسوکی ڈسانی”

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