Zaraka’s monastery
Zaraka Monastery is a ruined Frankish abbey near Stymfalia, in the Peloponnese, in Greece. It was built about a kilometre from the shores of Lake Stymphalia, the site of the ancient city of Stymphalus, during the "Frankokratia", i.e. the occupation of parts…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: abbey in Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Zaraka Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stymfalos.
Stymfalos
Archaeological site
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Stymphalus or Stymphalos was a town in the northeast of ancient Arcadia. Stymfalos is situated 1 km south of Zaraka’s monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stymphalia and Drosopigi.
Stymphalia
Village
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Stymfalia is a village and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has formed part of the municipality of Sikyona, of which it is a municipal unit.
Drosopigi
Village
Photo: FilipposTrains, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Drosopigi is a village, which is situated 4 km west of Zaraka’s monastery.
Kalianoi
Village
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Kalianoi is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Zaraka’s monastery.
Zaraka’s monastery
- Categories: abbey, monastery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sikyona, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.86688° or 37° 52′ 1″ northLongitude
22.45794° or 22° 27′ 29″ eastOpen location code
8G94VF85+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 61295660OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1629008
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Greek—“Zaraka’s monastery” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Zaraka”
- French: “Abbaye de Zaraka”
- German: “Kloster Zaraka”
- Greek: “Αββαείο του Ζάρακα”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι Ζάρακα”
- Greek: “Μονή Ζάρακα”
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Highlights include Πλατεία and Theater of Ancient Symfalos.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zaraka’s monastery”. Photo: Alfred Pimble, CC BY-SA 3.0.