Lopushna Monastery
The Lopushna Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery in northwestern Bulgaria. It lies in the Chiprovtsi part of the western Balkan Mountains, 1.5 kilometres southwest the village of Georgi Damyanovo, Montana Province.
- Orthodox monastery
- Description: world heritage
Villages in the Area
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Georgi Damyanovo
Georgi Damyanovo is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province.
Melyane
Melyane is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria.
Pomezhdin
Pomezhdin is a village in Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, north-western Bulgaria.
2½ km west of Lopushna Monastery
Lopushna Monastery
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Latitude
43.37613° or 43° 22′ 34″ north
Longitude
23.01918° or 23° 1′ 9″ east
Open location code
8GM592G9+FM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = monastery
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination = orthodox
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Russian—“Lopushna Monastery” goes by many names.
Лопушански манастирBulgarian
Лопушанский монастырьRussian
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