St. Nicholas Monastery Church

St. Nicholas Monastery Church is the katholikon of the abandoned Orthodox monastery of Saint George in , , .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: church in Albania
  • Also known as: “Kisha e Shën Kollit”, “Kisha e Shën Kollit (Mesopotam)”, “Monastery of Mesopotam”, “St. Nicholas Monastery Church, Mesopotam”, and “St. Nicholas‘ Monastery Church, Mesopotam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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, , in southern . is situated 3½ km west of St. Nicholas Monastery Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kranë and Kostar.

Village
is a village in , southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of .

Village
is a village in , southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of . is situated 2½ km north of St. Nicholas Monastery Church.

Village
is a small village in , southern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of . is situated 3 km southeast of St. Nicholas Monastery Church.

St. Nicholas Monastery Church

Latitude
39.90572° or 39° 54′ 21″ north
Longitude
20.10069° or 20° 6′ 3″ east
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8GF2W442+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 231934651
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q7590808
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Polish—“St. Nicholas Monastery Church” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kisha e Manastirit të Shën Kollit (Mesopotam)”
  • Albanian: “Kisha e Manastirit të Shën Kollit”
  • German: “Sankt-Niklaus-Kirche von Mesopotam”
  • Greek: “Καθολικό Μονής Αγίου Νικολάου”
  • Greek: “Μοναστηριακή Εκκλησία Αγίου Νικολάου (Μεσοπόταμος)”
  • Polish: “Klasztor św. Mikołaja”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Manastiri i Shën Kollit and Church of the Holy Apostles ‘Peter and Paul’.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Kastrioti and Sotiris.

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