Piva Monastery

The Piva Monastery is located in Piva, Montenegro near the source of the Piva River in northern . Built between 1573 and 1586, it was rebuilt in another location in 1982.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Serbian Orthodox
  • Description: monastery
  • Also known as: “Pivski manastir” and “Pivski Manastir”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Piva.

Spring
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The is a river in and . The river runs through Montenegro for most of its course length, and in its last three kilometres marks the border between the two countries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plužine.

Town
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is a town in in the northern region. In 2023 it had a population of 1,102. is situated 6 km northeast of Piva Monastery.

Piva Monastery

Latitude
43.1101° or 43° 6′ 36″ north
Longitude
18.81838° or 18° 49′ 6″ east
Elevation
868 metres (2,848 feet)
Open location code
8FMW4R69+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 709020553
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­serbian_orthodox
Geo­Names ID
3193292
Wiki­data ID
Q1550605
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Piva Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Пива (манастир)”
  • Bulgarian: “Пива”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Piva”
  • French: “Monastère de la Piva”
  • French: “monastère de Piva”
  • French: “Monastère de Piva”
  • German: “Kloster Piva”
  • Hungarian: “Piva kolostor”
  • Polish: “Monaster Piva”
  • Serbian: “Manastir Piva”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Пива”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Piva”
  • Swedish: “Piva kloster”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Пива”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Піва”

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