Attica
Athens Prefecture
Chaidari

Daphní

Daphni or Dafni is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers northwest of central in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: 11th-century Byzantine monastery in Greece
  • Also known as: “Dafni”, “Dafní”, “Dafni monastery”, “Daphni”, “Daphni Monastery”, “Mone Dafniou”, “Mone Daphniou”, “Moni Dafniou”, and “Moni Daphniou”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dafni Pan cave (Attica) and Sacred Way.

Cave
The cave of God Pan in Daphni is a cave in , , , that was sacred to the god Pan. It is located near the Byzantine monastery. The cave is believed to have been used for rituals, including burnt offerings and animal sacrifices dedicated. is situated 460 metres southwest of Daphní.

Archaeological site
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , in ancient , was the road from to Eleusis. It was so called because it was the route taken by a procession celebrating the Eleusinian Mysteries. is situated 2½ km west of Daphní.

Lake
Photo: Montereypine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km west of Daphní.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skaramagkas and Korydallos.

Town
Skaramagas is a port town in the western part of the agglomeration, . It is part of the municipality of and is divided into three main neighborhoods, Ano Afaia, Kato Afaia and the coastal zone. is situated 3 km west of Daphní.

Suburb
is both a town and a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, . It is located in the southwestern part of Athens agglomeration. is situated 3½ km south of Daphní.

Suburb
Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Egaleo is a town and a suburban municipality in the western part of the , belonging to the West Athens regional administrative unit. is situated 4½ km southeast of Daphní.

Daphní

Latitude
38.01298° or 38° 0′ 47″ north
Longitude
23.63593° or 23° 38′ 9″ east
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
Open location code
8GC52J7P+59
Open­Street­Map ID
way 208889169
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Geo­Names ID
6947706
Wiki­data ID
Q500444
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Daphní” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير دافني”
  • Armenian: “Դաֆնի (վանք)”
  • Armenian: “Դաֆնի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dafni monastırı”
  • Belarusian: “Манастыр Дафні”
  • Bulgarian: “Дафни (манастир)”
  • Bulgarian: “Дафни”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Dafni”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Dafní”
  • Chinese: “德菲尼修道院”
  • Chinese: “达夫尼修道院”
  • Chinese: “達夫尼修道院”
  • Croatian: “Dafni”
  • Croatian: “Daphni manastir”
  • Croatian: “Daphni”
  • Croatian: “Manastir Dafni”
  • Czech: “Dafnion”
  • Czech: “Klášter Dafnion”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Dafni”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Daphni”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Dafni”
  • Finnish: “Dafnen luostari”
  • Finnish: “Dafnin luostari”
  • Finnish: “Dafnín luostari”
  • French: “Monastere de Daphni”
  • French: “monastère de Daphni”
  • French: “Monastère de Daphni”
  • French: “Monastère de Daphní”
  • Georgian: “დაფნის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Daphni”
  • German: “Kloster Daphni”
  • Greek: “Δαφνί”
  • Greek: “Μονή Δαφνίου”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר דפני”
  • Hindi: “डेफनी मठ”
  • Hungarian: “Daphni-kolostor”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Dafni”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Daphni”
  • Japanese: “アテネのダフニ修道院”
  • Japanese: “ダフニ修道院”
  • Korean: “다프니 수도원”
  • Latin: “Daphnium”
  • Lithuanian: “Dafnio vienuolynas”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир Дафни”
  • Malayalam: “ഡാഫ്നി മഠം”
  • Mazanderani: “دلفی”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dafniklosteret”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Daphniklosteret”
  • Norwegian: “Dafniklosteret”
  • Persian: “صومعه دافنی”
  • Persian: “صومعه دلفی”
  • Persian: “معبد دلفی”
  • Persian: “نیایشگاه دلفی”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Dafni”
  • Portuguese: “Monastério Daphni”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Dafne”
  • Romanian: “Dafni”
  • Romanian: “Daphni”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Daphni”
  • Russian: “Дафни”
  • Russian: “Дафнион”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Дафни”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Dafni”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor Dafni”
  • Slovak: “Monastier Dafni”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Dafni”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Dafni”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Daphni”
  • Swedish: “Daphni”
  • Tatar: “Дафни кәшишханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Dafni Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Дафні”
  • Urdu: “خانقاہ ڈیفنی”
  • Western Frisian: “Kleaster fan Dafni”

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