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.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Serbian Orthodox
- Description: monastery in Serbia
- Also known as: “Manastir Sopocani”, “Monastere de Sopocani”, “Monastere de Sopoćani”, “Monastère de Sopocani”, “Monasterio de Sopocani”, “Sopocani”, “Sopočani”, “Sopoćani monastery”, “Μονή Σοπότσανης”, “Σοπότσανη”, “Манастир Сопоћани / Manastir Sopoćani”, “Сопоћани”, and “Стари Рас”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Stari Ras.
Stari Ras
Archaeological site
Photo: Саша Стефановић!!!, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Doljani and Slatina.
Sopoćani
- Category: religion
- Location: Novi Pazar, Raška District, Central Serbia, Podrinje, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.11804° or 43° 7′ 5″ north
Longitude
20.37396° or 20° 22′ 26″ east
Elevation
748 metres (2,454 feet)
Open location code
8GM2499F+6H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monastery
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=serbian_orthodox
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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”
- Chinese: “索潑查尼修道院”
- Croatian: “Sopoćani”
- Czech: “Klášter Sopoćani”
- Czech: “Klášter Sopočani”
- Dutch: “Sopoćaniklooster”
- Finnish: “Sopoćani”
- French: “monastère de Sopoćani”
- French: “Monastère de Sopoćani”
- Galician: “Mosteiro de Sopoćani”
- Georgian: “სოპოჩანის მონასტერი”
- German: “Kloster Sopoćani”
- Greek: “Μονή Σοπότσανι”
- Hebrew: “סופוצ’אני”
- Hindi: “सोपोचीनी मठ”
- Hungarian: “Sopoćani kolostor”
- Indonesian: “Sopoćani”
- Italian: “Monastero di Sopoćani”
- Japanese: “ソポチャニ修道院”
- Korean: “소포차니 수도원”
- Macedonian: “Сопоќани”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Sopoćani”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Sopoćani”
- Persian: “سوپوچانی”
- Polish: “Sopoćani”
- Portuguese: “Sopoćani”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Sopoćani”
- Russian: “Монастырь Сопочаны”
- Russian: “Сопочаны”
- Serbian: “Manastir Sopoćani”
- Serbian: “Манастир Сопоћани”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sopoćani”
- Slovak: “Monastier Sopoćani”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Sopoćani”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Sopoćani”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Sopochani”
- Swedish: “Sopoćani”
- Swedish: “Sopoćaniklostret”
- Turkish: “Sopoćani”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Сопочани”
- Vietnamese: “Sopoćani”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Odojevice and Zabrdje.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Манастир Сопоћани and Хотел Сопоћани.
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