Monastery of Saint Barnabas
The monastery of Saint Barnabas was a church on the island of Cyprus, located 2 kilometres west of Constantia. The site is today within Northern Cyprus and functions as a museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monastery in the Republic of Cyprus
- Also known as: “Monastery of St. Barnabas”, “St Barnabas Monastery”, and “St. Barnabas Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salamis.
Salamis
Photo: Gustavobw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition, the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, king of the Greek island of Salamis, who could not return home after the Trojan War because he had failed to avenge his brother Ajax.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Enkomi and Agios Sergios.
Enkomi
Village
Photo: Lokal Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Enkomi is a village near Famagusta in Cyprus. It is a short distance from a prominent 2nd millennium BC archaeological site also named Enkomi. Enkomi is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.
Agios Sergios
Village
Photo: Wakowlk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agios Sergios is a large village in Cyprus, near the ancient site Salamis. Agios Sergios is de facto under Turkish occupation since the Turkish invation in Cyprus in 1974.
Limnia
Village
Limnia is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located just north of the city of Famagusta. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Limnia is situated 3½ km northwest of Monastery of Saint Barnabas.
Monastery of Saint Barnabas
- Categories: monastery, building, museum, and tourism
- Location: Égkomi, Famagusta district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.17451° or 35° 10′ 28″ northLongitude
33.88114° or 33° 52′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8G7M5VFJ+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 906948896OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q16677642
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Western Frisian—“Monastery of Saint Barnabas” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Klášter sv. Barnabáše”
- Czech: “klášter svatého Barnabáše”
- Czech: “Klášter svatého Barnabáše”
- Finnish: “Apostoli Barnabaan luostari”
- French: “monastère Saint Barnabé”
- French: “Monastère Saint Barnabé”
- German: “Barnabas-Kloster”
- German: “Barnabaskloster”
- German: “Kloster Sankt Barnabas”
- German: “St. Barnabas-Kloster”
- Persian: “صومعه سنت برنابا”
- Russian: “Монастырь Апостола Варнавы”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Bernabé”
- Swedish: “Sankt Barnabas kloster”
- Swedish: “St Barnabas gravkyrka”
- Turkish: “St. Barnabas Manastırı ve İkon Müzesi”
- Western Frisian: “Sint-Barnabaskleaster”
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Highlights include Apostolos Barnabas and Св. Варнавы.
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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 “Monastery of Saint Barnabas”. Photo: George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0.