Sopoćani

The Sopoćani Monastery, an endowment of King Stefan Uroš I of , was built from 1259 to 1270, near the source of the Raška River in the region of Ras, the centre of the Serbian medieval state.
  • Serbian Orthodox monastery
  • …lies at an elevation of around 750 metres (2,450 feet)
  • Description: monastery in Serbia
  • Also known as
    “Manastir Sopocani”
    “Sopoćani monastery”

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3½ km east of Sopoćani

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Latitude
43.11804° or 43° 7′ 5″ north
Longitude
20.37396° or 20° 22′ 26″ east
Open location code
8GM2499F+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity = monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination = serbian_orthodox
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Sopoćani” goes by many names.
Манастыр СопачаніBelarusian
СопочаниBulgarian
ဆိုပိုကားနီ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်းBurmese
Monestir de SopoćaniCatalan
SopoćaniCatalan
索潑查尼修道院Chinese
SopoćaniCroatian
Klášter SopočaniCzech
SopoćanikloosterDutch
SopoćaniFinnish
Mosteiro de SopoćaniGalician
სოპოჩანის მონასტერიGeorgian
Μονή ΣοπότσανηςGreek
Μονή ΣοπότσανιGreek
ΣοπότσανηGreek
סופוצ’אניHebrew
सोपोचीनी मठHindi
Sopoćani kolostorHungarian
SopoćaniIndonesian
Monastero di SopoćaniItalian
SopoćaniItalian
ソポチャニ修道院Japanese
소포차니 수도원Korean
СопоќаниMacedonian
Monasteru ta‘ SopoćaniMaltese
SopoćaniMaltese
سوپوچانیPersian
SopoćaniPolish
Mănăstirea SopoćaniRomanian
Монастырь СопочаныRussian
СопочаныRussian
Manastir SopoćaniSerbian
Манастир СопоћаниSerbian
Манастир Сопоћани / Manastir SopoćaniSerbian
СопоћаниSerbian
Стари РасSerbian
SopoćaniSerbo-Croatian
Monastier SopoćaniSlovak
Samostan SopoćaniSlovenian
SopoćaniSwedish
SopoćaniklostretSwedish
SopoćaniTurkish
Монастир СопочаниUkrainian
SopoćaniVietnamese

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