Crete
Lasithi
Ierapetra

Kapsa Monastery

The Kapsa Monastery, officially the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Kapsa, is a Greek Orthodox monastery situated between the villages of Makrys Gialos and in the west and Goudouras and in the east, on the southeast coast of , .
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Description: Eastern Orthodox monastery on Crete
  • Also known as: “Iera Moni Kapsa”, “Ierá Moní Kapsá”, and “Kapsa’s Monastery”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lithines and Analipsi.

Village
Photo: Petro Stelte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Kapsa Monastery.

Village
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is a village and a municipal unit of the municipality Siteia in the regional unit, eastern , . The municipal unit was established in 2014 from the four communities Chrysopigi, Lithines, Perivolakia and Pefkoi, which had been part of the municipality before 2011. is situated 7 km west of Kapsa Monastery.

Village
Photo: Matti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 7 km west of Kapsa Monastery.

Kapsa Monastery

Latitude
35.02065° or 35° 1′ 14″ north
Longitude
26.05197° or 26° 3′ 7″ east
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8G7823C2+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 368365760
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
10792361
Wiki­data ID
Q3428322
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Serbian—“Kapsa Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Йоан Предтеча Капсенски”
  • Dutch: “Kapsa (klooster)”
  • Dutch: “Kapsa”
  • Finnish: “Kapsáksen luostari”
  • German: “Moni Kapsa”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Καψά”
  • Greek: “Μονή Καψά Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Μονή Καψά”
  • Russian: “Капса (монастырь)”
  • Russian: “Капса”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Капса”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kapsa Monastery”. Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.