Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa

The Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa is a monastery that is built on the spot where troops of Byzantine military commander George Palaiologos encircled the attacking Normans in 1083.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: monastery in Kastoria, Greece

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint John the Evangelist Church, Saint Mary Mavriotissa and Lake of Kastoria.

Chapel
Photo: Мико, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a chapel.

Lake
Photo: Pvasiliadis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Orestiada or is a in the of , northwestern . It spreads out in a natural basin, surrounded by mountains and is the remnant of a huge ancient Miocene lake that reached an area of 164 square kilometres and at a depth of 50 meters.

Cave
Photo: Vagrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 730 metres southwest of Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doltso and Mavrochori.

Neighborhood
Photo: Алиса Селезньова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

Village
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is a village on the shores of in of , . Today is a tourist destination for a quiet vacation near the . is situated 2½ km east of Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa.

Village
is a village in , , . The 1920 Greek census recorded 585 people in the village, and 250 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923. is situated 2½ km northeast of Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa.

Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa

Latitude
40.51018° or 40° 30′ 37″ north
Longitude
21.29048° or 21° 17′ 26″ east
Open location code
8GG3G76R+35
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1101029040
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q6898328
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Serbian—“Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Света Богородица Мавровска”
  • Finnish: “Panagía Mavriótissan luostari”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Παναγίας Μαυριώτισσας”
  • Greek: “Μονή Παναγιάς Μαυριώτισσας”
  • Greek: “Μονή Παναγίας Μαυριώτισσας”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир „Пресвета Богородица Мавровска“”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир „Св. Богородица Мавровска“”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Пресвятой Богородицы Мавриотиссы”
  • Russian: “Панагия Мавриотисса”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Света Богородица Мавровска”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ι.Ν. Κοίμησης της Θεοτόκου and Ιερά Μονή Παναγίας Μαυριωτίσσης.

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