Toplou Monastery
The Toplou Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery located in a semi-arid area of the Lasithi region, on the eastern part of the island of Crete, Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: monastery in Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Toplou”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palekastro and Agathia.
Palekastro
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palaikastro or Palekastro, with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric times, at the east end of the Mediterranean island Crete.
Agathia
Hamlet
Photo: Petro Stelte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agathia is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southeast of Toplou Monastery.
Lagada
Hamlet
Photo: Roton Piotr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lagada is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km southeast of Toplou Monastery.
Toplou Monastery
- Categories: monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Siteia, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.2216° or 35° 13′ 18″ northLongitude
26.21604° or 26° 12′ 58″ eastPopulation
26Open location code
8G7866C8+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 217487362OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q930841
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Toplou Monastery” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Топленски манастир”
- Dutch: “Toplou”
- Dutch: “Toplouklooster”
- Finnish: “Toploún luostari”
- French: “monastère de Toploú”
- French: “Monastère de Toploú”
- French: “Toploú”
- German: “Kloster Toplou”
- Greek: “Μονή Τοπλού Λασιθίου”
- Greek: “Μονή Τοπλού”
- Greek: “Τοπλού Λασιθίου”
- Polish: “Klasztor Toplou”
- Russian: “Акротирианис Топлу”
- Russian: “монастырь Топлу”
- Russian: “Топлу (монастырь)”
- Serbian: “Манастир Топлоу”
- Turkish: “Topaltı Manastırı”
- Turkish: “Toplu Manastır”
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