St. Nicholas Monastary Church
St. Nicholas Monastery Church is the katholikon of the abandoned Orthodox monastery of Saint George in Mesopotam, Vlorë County, Albania.Photo: Decius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: church in Albania
- Also known as: “Monastery of Mesopotam”, “St. Nicholas Monastery Church, Mesopotam”, and “St. Nicholas‘ Monastery Church, Mesopotam”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archeological Park of Phoinike.
Archeological Park of Phoinike
Photo: Giuseppe.lepore4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoenice or Phoenike was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. It is located high on an almost impregnable hill commanding the fertile valley below and near the modern town of the same name, Finiq, in southern Albania. Archeological Park of Phoinike is situated 3½ km west of St. Nicholas Monastary Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kranë and Kostar.
Kranë
Village
Kranë is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq.
Kostar
Village
Kostar is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Delvinë. Kostar is situated 2½ km north of St. Nicholas Monastary Church.
Livinë
Village
Livinë is a small village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq. Livinë is situated 3 km southeast of St. Nicholas Monastary Church.
St. Nicholas Monastary Church
- Categories: building, historic site, place of worship, monument, and religion
- Location: Komuna e Mesopotamit, Bashkia Finiq, Vlorë County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.90572° or 39° 54′ 21″ northLongitude
20.10069° or 20° 6′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8GF2W442+77OpenStreetMap ID
way 231934651OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q7590808
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Polish—“St. Nicholas Monastary Church” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kisha e Manastirit të Shën Kollit (Mesopotam)”
- Albanian: “Kisha e Manastirit të Shën Kollit”
- Greek: “Καθολικό Μονής Αγίου Νικολάου”
- Greek: “Μοναστηριακή Εκκλησία Αγίου Νικολάου (Μεσοπόταμος)”
- Polish: “Klasztor św. Mikołaja”
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