Peshtera Monastery
The Peshtera Monastery of Saint Nicholas of Myra, also known as the Mraka Monastery or Oryahov Monastery is a medieval Eastern Orthodox monastery in western Bulgaria, located in the Mraka area at the village of Peshtera, near Zemen, Pernik Province.Photo: Miko Stavrev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peshtera and Zhablyano.
Zhablyano
Village
Photo: Joancheto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zhablyano is a village, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Peshtera Monastery.
Zemen
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zemen is a town in Pernik Province, western Bulgaria. Located near the Pchelina Reservoir on the banks of the Struma River, it is the administrative centre of Zemen Municipality. Zemen is situated 3½ km south of Peshtera Monastery.
Peshtera Monastery
- Type: Monastery
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement, historic site, and religion
- Location: Zemen, Pernik, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.5108° or 42° 30′ 39″ northLongitude
22.76697° or 22° 46′ 1″ eastOpen location code
8GJ4GQ68+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 4685312236OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryWikidata ID
Q1620223
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Peshtera Monastery” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Пещерски манастир”
- Dutch: “Peshtera Monastery”
- German: “Kloster Peschtera”
- German: “Peschtera Kloster”
- Russian: “Пештерский монастырь”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Peshtera”
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