Agios Dionysios Monastery, Olympus

The Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus is a Greek Orthodox monastery on the slopes of Mount Olympus, the most important monastery in the Pieria Prefecture.

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Type: Locality with 30 residents
Description: monastery in Dion-Olympos Municipality, Greece
Also known as: “Moni Ayiou Dionyisou On Olympus” and “Saint Dionysius Old Monastery, Olympus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olympus National Park Information Center and Litochoro Maritime Museum.

Olympus National Park Information Center

Tourism office

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The Olympus National Park Information Center is located near Litochoro at the base of Mount Olympus in Greece, and its goal is to inform its visitors about the geology, archaeological sites, mythology, monasteries, plants, animals and other subjects relating to the Olympus National Park.

Litochoro Maritime Museum

Museum

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The seafaring of the inhabitants of the Greek mountain village Litochoro has a long tradition which is represented in the Maritime Museum.

Saint Demetrius

Church

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Saint Demetrius is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Litochoro and Platanakia.

Litochoro

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Litochoro is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of the Pieria regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the Dio-Olympos municipality, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

Platanakia

Village

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Platanakia is a settlement of the former municipality of Dion, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. Platanakia is situated 5 km north of Agios Dionysios Monastery, Olympus.

Dion

Village

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Dion is a village and municipal unit in the municipality of Dion-Olympos in the Pieria regional unit, Greece. It is located at the foot of Mount Olympus at a distance of 17 km from the capital city of Katerini. Dion is situated 6 km north of Agios Dionysios Monastery, Olympus.

Agios Dionysios Monastery, Olympus

Categories: monastery and human settlement
Location: Dio-Olympos, Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

40.11984° or 40° 7′ 11″ north

Longitude

22.48302° or 22° 28′ 59″ east

Population

Elevation

334 metres (1,096 feet)

Open location code

8GG44F9M+W6

GeoNames ID

12514383

Wikidata ID

Q12293165

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Agios Dionysios Monastery, Olympus” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Свети Дионисий (Литохоро)”
Bulgarian: “Свети Дионисий Олимпийски Стар”
Danish: “Agios Dionysios-klosteret”
German: “Kloster Agios Dionysios”
Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Διονυσίου εν Ολύμπω”
Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Διονυσίου εν Ολύμπω”
Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Διονυσίου Πιερίας”
Russian: “Монастырь Святого Дионисия Олимпского”
Spanish: “Monasterio de San Dionisio”
Turkish: “Aziz Dionysius Eski Manastırı”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Former Holy Monastery of Saint Dionysios on Olympus and Archaeological Museum of Dion.

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