Sopoćani
The Sopoćani Monastery, an endowment of King Stefan Uroš I of Serbia, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Serbian Orthodox
- Description: monastery in Serbia
- Also known as: “Manastir Sopocani” and “Sopoćani monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stari Ras.
Stari Ras
Archaeological site
Photo: Саша Стефановић!!!, Public domain.
Ras, known in modern Serbian historiography as Stari Ras, is a medieval fortress and area located in the vicinity of former market-place of Staro Trgovište, some 10–11 kilometers west of modern-day city of Novi Pazar in Serbia. Stari Ras is situated 3½ km east of Sopoćani.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Doljani and Slatina.
Sopoćani
- Categories: Cultural Heritage of Serbia and religion
- Location: Novi Pazar, Raška District, Central Serbia, Podrinje, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.11804° or 43° 7′ 5″ northLongitude
20.37396° or 20° 22′ 26″ eastElevation
748 metres (2,454 feet)Open location code
8GM2499F+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1307472533OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=serbian_orthodoxGeoNames ID
785677Wikidata ID
Q1142337
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Sopoćani” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Манастыр Сопачані”
- Bulgarian: “Сопочани”
- Burmese: “ဆိုပိုကားနီ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း”
- Catalan: “monestir de Sopoćani”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Sopoćani”
- Catalan: “Sopoćani”
- Chinese: “索潑查尼修道院”
- Croatian: “Sopoćani”
- Czech: “Klášter Sopoćani”
- Czech: “Klášter Sopočani”
- Dutch: “Sopoćaniklooster”
- Finnish: “Sopocani”
- Finnish: “Sopoćani”
- French: “Monastere de Sopocani”
- French: “Monastere de Sopoćani”
- French: “Monastère de Sopocani”
- French: “monastère de Sopoćani”
- French: “Monastère de Sopoćani”
- Galician: “Mosteiro de Sopoćani”
- Georgian: “სოპოჩანის მონასტერი”
- German: “Kloster Sopoćani”
- German: “Sopocani”
- German: “Sopoćani”
- German: “Sopočani”
- Greek: “Μονή Σοπότσανης”
- Greek: “Μονή Σοπότσανι”
- Greek: “Σοπότσανη”
- Hebrew: “סופוצ’אני”
- Hindi: “सोपोचीनी मठ”
- Indonesian: “Sopoćani”
- Italian: “Monastero di Sopoćani”
- Italian: “Sopocani”
- Italian: “Sopoćani”
- Japanese: “ソポチャニ修道院”
- Korean: “소포차니 수도원”
- Macedonian: “Сопоќани”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Sopoćani”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Sopoćani”
- Maltese: “Sopoćani”
- Persian: “سوپوچانی”
- Polish: “Sopoćani”
- Polish: “Sopočani”
- Portuguese: “Sopoćani”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Sopoćani”
- Russian: “Монастырь Сопочаны”
- Russian: “Сопочаны”
- Serbian: “Manastir Sopoćani”
- Serbian: “Манастир Сопоћани / Manastir Sopoćani”
- Serbian: “Манастир Сопоћани”
- Serbian: “Сопоћани”
- Serbian: “Стари Рас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sopoćani”
- Slovak: “Monastier Sopoćani”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Sopoćani”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Sopocani”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Sopoćani”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Sopochani”
- Swedish: “Sopocani”
- Swedish: “Sopoćani”
- Turkish: “Sopoćani”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Сопочани”
- Vietnamese: “Sopoćani”
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Nearby Places
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