Gialia Monastery
The Gialia Monastery is a ruined Georgian Orthodox monastery from the medieval period. It is located in the village of Gialia, Paphos District, northwest Cyprus.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yialia and Ayia Marina Chrysochous.
Yialia
Hamlet
Gialia is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 11 km northeast of Polis Chrysochous. Prior to 1974, the village was inhabited by Turkish Cypriots. Yialia is situated 3½ km west of Gialia Monastery.
Ayia Marina Chrysochous
Village
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ayia Marina is a village located in the Paphos District of Cyprus, in the Tylliria region. Ayia Marina Chrysochous is situated 5 km northwest of Gialia Monastery.
Argaka
Village
Photo: Igor Stolnitsky, CC BY 3.0.
Argaka is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 7 km northeast of Polis Chrysochous. From a geological perspective, it is located upon the calcareous sandstones, the sands, and the marls of the Pleistocene period as well as the lavas and the magma rocks. Argaka is situated 6 km southwest of Gialia Monastery.
Gialia Monastery
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: monastery, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Gialiá, Paphos district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.08945° or 35° 5′ 22″ northLongitude
32.55498° or 32° 33′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8G7J3HQ3+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2598516274OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2066634
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Gialia Monastery” goes by many names.
- French: “monastère de Ghalia”
- French: “Monastère de Ghalia”
- Georgian: “ჟალია”
- Georgian: “ღალია”
- Georgian: “ღალიის მონასტერი”
- German: “Gialia-Kloster”
- Lithuanian: “Galija”
- Russian: “Галия”
- Russian: “Гиалия”
- Russian: “Монастырь Галия”
- Turkish: “Yalya Manastırı”
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