İnceğiz Cave Monastery
The Cave Monastery of İnceğiz is a cave monastery formed by carving a rocky cliff located in İnceğiz village of Çatalca district in Istanbul Province, northwestern Turkey.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: monastery in Çatalca, Istanbul, Turkey
- Also known as: “Cave monastery of İnceğiz”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elbasan and Çatalca.
Elbasan
Village
Elbasan is a neighborhood in Çatalca District, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Elbasan is a hillside village located about 9 kilometers from the town of Çatalca and about 62 kilometers from the center of Istanbul. Elbasan is situated 5 km south of İnceğiz Cave Monastery.
Çatalca
Town
The Western Suburbs are a collection of Istanbul neighbourhoods, lying west of the Old City walls and sprawling across the Thracian peninsula. Çatalca is situated 6 km southeast of İnceğiz Cave Monastery.
İnceğiz Cave Monastery
- Categories: cave monastery, church, monastery, cave, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Çatalca, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.18148° or 41° 10′ 53″ north
Longitude
28.40381° or 28° 24′ 14″ east
Open location code
8GHC5CJ3+HG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“İnceğiz Cave Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الكهف إنجيز”
- Cebuano: “İnceğiz Mağaraları”
- Turkish: “İnceğiz mağaraları”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: İnceğiz Mosque and İnceğiz Mahalle Muhtarlığı.
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