Zavala Monastery

The Zavala Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the village of on the southwestern edge of Popovo Polje, in municipality, in the southernmost part of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Svjetlopis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Serbian Orthodox
  • Description: Serbian Orthodox monastery in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Also known as: “Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Zavala, the architectural ensemble”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vjetrenica Cave.

Cave
Photo: InDoRoN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vjetrenica is the largest cave in , and the most biodiverse cave in the world. It is part of the mountain range, which is known for its karstic and speleological features. is situated 540 metres southeast of Zavala Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zavala and Čvaljina.

Village
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is a village in the Ravno municipality, in .

Village
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is a in the municipality of Ravno, .

Village
is a in the municipality of Ravno, . In the 1991 census it had 11 inhabitants, all of them being Croats. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to municipality. is situated 3 km south of Zavala Monastery.

Zavala Monastery

Latitude
42.84979° or 42° 50′ 59″ north
Longitude
17.97986° or 17° 58′ 48″ east
Open location code
8FJVRXXH+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 626512745
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­serbian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q11221505
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Zavala Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير زافالا”
  • Armenian: “Զավալի վանք”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zavala monastırı”
  • Bosnian: “Manastir Zavala”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Zavala”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι της Ζάβαλα”
  • Hungarian: “Zavala kolostor”
  • Hungarian: “Zavala ortodox kolostor”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир Завала”
  • Polish: “Monaster Zavala”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Завала”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Завала”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Zavala”
  • Turkish: “Zavala Manastırı”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Manastirska crkva Vavedenja Bogorodice and Biospeleoloski muzej Vjetrenica.

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