Middle East
Turkey
Erzurum Province

Bana cathedral

Bana is a ruined early medieval cathedral in present-day , eastern , in what had formerly been a historical marchland known to Armenians as Tayk and to Georgians as Tao.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: cathedral
  • Also known as: “Bana Cathedral”, “Bana Kilise”, “Banak Kilisesi”, and “Penek Köyü Kilisesi”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penek and Gözalan.

Village
Photo: Scott Newman, CC BY 2.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . Its population is 148.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . Its population is 245. is situated 3 km south of Bana cathedral.

Village
is a neighbourhood in district of , in . is situated 3½ km southeast of Bana cathedral.

Bana cathedral

Latitude
40.66829° or 40° 40′ 6″ north
Longitude
42.26998° or 42° 16′ 12″ east
Open location code
8HG4M799+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183890287
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q1033178
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Bana cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բանակ վանք”
  • Armenian: “Բանակ”
  • Armenian: “Բանակի տաճար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bana monastırı”
  • Belarusian: “Банскі сабор”
  • Catalan: “Banak”
  • Chinese: “巴纳克主教座堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية بانا”
  • French: “Banak”
  • Georgian: “ბანა”
  • German: “Bana”
  • German: “Penek”
  • Hebrew: “באנא”
  • Japanese: “バナ大聖堂”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامه بانا”
  • Polish: “Katedra Bana”
  • Russian: “Бана”
  • Russian: “Банский собор”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Bana”
  • Turkish: “Bana Katedrali”
  • Turkish: “Bana Manastırı”
  • Turkish: “Penek Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Penek Kilisesi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bana cathedral”. Photo: Scott Newman, CC BY 2.0.