St George’s Monastery
St. George's Monastery is an ancient Orthodox monastery in Demë, near Sarandë, Sarandë. It is a Cultural Monument of Albania.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: historic site near Sarandë
- Also known as: “Manastiri i Shën Gjergjit” and “St. George’s Monastery, Sarandë”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çukë and Pllakë.
Pllakë
Village
Pllakë is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq. Pllakë is situated 6 km east of St George’s Monastery.
Sarandë
Sarandë, the gateway to southern Coastal Albania, is a small town of about 33,000 inhabitants, situated on a beautiful horseshoe bay between the mountains and the Ionian Sea.St George’s Monastery
- Categories: monastery, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Vlorë County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.81052° or 39° 48′ 38″ north
Longitude
20.00953° or 20° 0′ 34″ east
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8GF2R265+6R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monastery
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodox
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“St George’s Monastery” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Manastiri i Shën Gjergjit (Cuke)”
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