Provata
Provata is an area of Mount Athos that belongs to the Monastery of Great Lavra. It is close to the Monastery of Karakallou. This is where many people place the Skete of Glossia, which flourished in the 14th century.Places of Interest
Highlights include Antiathonas.
Antiathonas
Peak
Antiathonas is a peak in the Athos peninsula. Its summit is 1042 metres above sea level. The peak can be reached via footpaths from Dionysiou Monastery. Antiathonas is situated 3½ km southwest of Provata.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karakalou monastery and Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou.
Karakalou monastery
Locality
Photo: Misa.stefanovic.07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Karakallou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the south-eastern side of the peninsula and ranks eleventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou
Hamlet
Lakkoskiti is the short name of a small monastic village of no more than 15 houses consisting of the idiorrhythmic skete of Agiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou.
Philotheou monastery
Locality
Photo: Στάθης Κουτσιαύτης, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Philotheou or Filotheou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the peninsula. Philotheou monastery is situated 2½ km northwest of Provata.
Provata
- Type: Locality with 27 residents
- Description: place in Mount Athos
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.21352° or 40° 12′ 49″ northLongitude
24.31821° or 24° 19′ 6″ eastPopulation
27Open location code
8GG66879+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3218832146OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q12883687
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