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Hosios Loukas

Hosios Loukas is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of , in , . Founded in the mid-10th century, the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 1990, along with the monasteries of Nea Moni and Daphnion.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castle of Osios Loukas and Stiris.

Castle
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is situated 310 metres northwest of Hosios Loukas.

Archaeological site
or Steiris was a town of ancient Phocis situated 120 stadia from Chaeroneia, the road between the two places running across the mountains. The inhabitants of claimed descent from an Athenian colony of the Attic demus of Steiria, led by Peteus, when he was driven out of Attica by Aegeus. is situated 1½ km southeast of Hosios Loukas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Steiri and Kyriaki.

Village
Photo: Sogal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in , . It is situated at the western end of , the mythical mountain of the Muses, at 450 m elevation. The 10th century Hosios Loukas monastery, a World Heritage Site, is situated near . is situated 3½ km northwest of Hosios Loukas.

Village
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is a village and a community of the , . Before the 2011 local government reform was an independent community. is situated 6 km southeast of Hosios Loukas.

Village
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in western , . Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. is situated 8 km northwest of Hosios Loukas.

Hosios Loukas

Latitude
38.39515° or 38° 23′ 43″ north
Longitude
22.74641° or 22° 44′ 47″ east
Elevation
446 metres (1,463 feet)
Open location code
8GC49PWW+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 219565765
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8354446
Wiki­data ID
Q844841
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Hosios Loukas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير أوسيوس لوكاس”
  • Arabic: “دير القديس لوقا”
  • Arabic: “دير هوسيوس لوكاس”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Лука”
  • Catalan: “monestir de Lluc el Venerable”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Lluc el Venerable”
  • Chinese: “俄西俄斯羅卡斯修道院”
  • Croatian: “Hosios Loukas”
  • Croatian: “Hosios Lukas”
  • Czech: “Hossios Loukas”
  • Czech: “Klášter Hosios Lukas”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Osios Loukas”
  • Dutch: “Osios Loukas”
  • Estonian: “Hosios Loukas”
  • Estonian: “Ósios Loukás”
  • Finnish: “Ósios Loukáksen luostari”
  • Finnish: “Osios Lukaksen luostari”
  • French: “Hosios Loukas”
  • French: “monastère d’Osios Loukas”
  • French: “Monastère d’Osios Loukas”
  • French: “Osios Loukas”
  • Georgian: “ოსიოს ლუკა”
  • Georgian: “ოსიოს ლუკას მონასტერი”
  • German: “Hosios Loukas”
  • German: “Hosios Lukas”
  • German: “Kloster Hosios Lukas”
  • German: “Kloster Osios Loukas”
  • German: “Osios Loukas”
  • Greek: “Βυζαντινή Μονή Οσίου Λουκά”
  • Greek: “Μονή Οσίου Λουκά Βοιωτίας”
  • Greek: “Μονή Οσίου Λουκά”
  • Hebrew: “הוסיוס לוקאס”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר הוסיוס לוקאס”
  • Hindi: “होसिओस लोकास”
  • Hungarian: “Hosziosz Lukasz-kolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Hosios Loukas”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Ossios Loukas”
  • Italian: “Ossios Loukas”
  • Japanese: “オシオス・ルカス修道院”
  • Korean: “오시오스 루카스”
  • Latin: “Hosios Lucas”
  • Latin: “Monasterium Sancti Lucae”
  • Macedonian: “Осиос Лукас”
  • Malayalam: “ഒസിയോസ് ലൂക്കാസ്”
  • Maltese: “Hosios Loukas”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Hosios Loukas”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Hosios Loukas”
  • Persian: “هوسیوس لوکاس”
  • Polish: “Hosios Loukas”
  • Polish: “Osios Loukas”
  • Polish: “Osios Lukas”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Hossios Luckas”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de São Lucas”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Hosios Lukas”
  • Russian: “Осиос Лукас”
  • Russian: “Осиос-Лукас”
  • Russian: “Хосиос Лукас”
  • Serbian: “Осиос Лукас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hosios Lukas”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor Hossios Lukas”
  • Slovak: “Monastier Hosios Lukas”
  • Slovak: “Monastier Hossios Lukas”
  • Slovenian: “Hosios Lukas”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Hosios Lukas”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Osios Loukas”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Osios Loukás”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Ossios Loukas”
  • Spanish: “Osios Loukas”
  • Spanish: “Osios Loukás”
  • Swedish: “Hosios Loukas”
  • Swedish: “Hosios Lukas”
  • Tatar: “Осиос Лукас кәшишханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Hosios Lukas Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Осіос Лукас”
  • Ukrainian: “Осіос-Лукас”
  • Western Frisian: “Kleaster fan Hosios Loukas”

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