Tower of Morfonou
Tower of Morfonou is a tower in Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia. Tower of Morfonou is situated nearby to the locality Provata, as well as near the hamlet Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou.- Type: Tower
- Description: medieval tower in monastic community of Mount Athos, Greece
- Also known as: “Tower of the Amalfini Monastery”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Provata and Skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou.
Provata
Locality
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.
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.
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. Karakalou monastery is situated 3 km northwest of Tower of Morfonou.
Tower of Morfonou
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.20607° or 40° 12′ 22″ northLongitude
24.33696° or 24° 20′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8GG6684P+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3218832147OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q109683700
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Tower of Morfonou” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Морфонска кула”
- French: “Tour de Morphonou”
- French: “Tour du monastère des Amalfitains”
- Greek: “Πυργος Αμαλφινών”
- Greek: “Πύργος Μονής Αμαλφηνών”
- Greek: “Πύργος Μονής Αμαλφίνων”
- Greek: “Πύργος της Μορφωνούς”
- Romanian: “Turnul Morfono (Amalfinon)”
- Turkish: “Morfonou Kulesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ι. Κ. Αγίου Ανδρέα and Αγίασμα Αγίου Αθανασίου.
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