Sapara Monastery
Sapara Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Akhaltsikhe District of Samtskhe-Javakheti region, Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bakurgelashvili, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Gift shop
- Description: Georgian Orthodox monastery near Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
- Also known as: “Safara”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minadze and Muskhi.
Minadze
Village
Photo: Marine pitiurishvili, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Minadze is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Sapara Monastery.
Muskhi
Village
Photo: Jaba1977, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Muskhi is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Sapara Monastery.
Akhaltsikhe
Photo: M Blissett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akhaltsikhe is a small city of about 18,000 people and the capital of Samtskhe-Javakheti. It's a rather sleepy town, but its Old City and Old Turkish baths are worth a visit, and it's a great base for exploring the surrounding areas, including Sapara Monastery in the immediate vicinity and Vardzia to the south with Khertvisi and Tmogvi Fortresses along the way.
Sapara Monastery
- Categories: monastery, building, shop, and historic site
- Location: Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
41.60363° or 41° 36′ 13″ northLongitude
43.03127° or 43° 1′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8HH5J23J+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 123894310OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
shop=giftWikidata ID
Q7420914
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Sapara Monastery” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սափարայի վանք”
- Bashkir: “Сапара монастыры”
- Bulgarian: “Сапара”
- Bulgarian: “Сафара”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Sapara”
- French: “monastère de Sapara”
- French: “Monastère de Sapara”
- Georgian: “საფარა”
- Georgian: “საფარის მონასტერი”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι της Σαπάρα”
- Russian: “Сапара”
- Russian: “Сафара”
- Serbian: “Манастир Сапара”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Sapara”
- Spanish: “monasterio Sapara”
- Turkish: “Sapara Manastırı”
- Urdu: “سپارا خانقاہ”
- Western Panjabi: “سپارا خانقاہ”
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