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Vrontisi Monastery

Vrontisi Monastery is a 14th-century Eastern Orthodox monastery situated between the villages of Zaros and Vorizia of the regional unit in south-central , .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: Greek monastery in Crete
  • Also known as: “Monastery of Vrontesios”
  • Postal code: 70002

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vorizia and Nivritos.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Vrontisi Monastery.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Vrontisi Monastery.

Village
is a village in south-central , . It is the location of the archaeological site of Cave, a Minoan sacred cave. The sacred cave at is slightly offset from a saddle in the Psiloriti Range virtually aligned with the location of nearby . is situated 6 km west of Vrontisi Monastery.

Vrontisi Monastery

Latitude
35.1438° or 35° 8′ 38″ north
Longitude
24.88148° or 24° 52′ 53″ east
Open location code
8G764VVJ+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 354319372
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q4289047
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Vrontisi Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “monestir de Vrontesios”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Vrontesios”
  • Finnish: “Vrontísin luostari”
  • French: “monastère de Vrontisi”
  • French: “Monastère de Vrontisi”
  • French: “monastère Vrontisi”
  • German: “Kloster Vrondisi”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Αντωνίου Βροντησίου”
  • Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Αντωνίου Βροντησίου Ηρακλείου”
  • Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Αντωνίου Βροντησίου”
  • Greek: “Μονή Βροντησίου Ηρακλείου”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Vrontesios”

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