Abba Garima Monastery
Abba Garima Monastery is an Ethiopian Orthodox church, located around five kilometers east of Adwa, in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the northern Tigray Region in Ethiopia.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adwa.
Adwa
Adwa is a city in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, not far south of the border with Eritrea. The small village of Yeha is in the same area and its ancient temple is a bigger drawcard than anything in Adwa.
Abba Garima Monastery
- Type: Monastery
- Description: building in Ethiopia
- Categories: historic site, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Tigray, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
14.1604° or 14° 9′ 37″ north
Longitude
38.95293° or 38° 57′ 11″ east
Open location code
7G6W5X63+55
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monastery
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historic=monastery
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landuse=religious
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Slovenian—“Abba Garima Monastery” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “እንዳ አባ ገሪማ”
- Catalan: “Monestir Abba Garima”
- Lombard: “Abba Garimà”
- Russian: “монастырь Абба Гарима”
- Russian: “Монастырь Абба Гарима”
- Slovenian: “samostan Abba Garima”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Āba Gerīma Terara and Temeyata Terara.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: ዲያና ፎቶ ሕትመት Diana and Bank of Abyssinia - Adwa Branch.
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