Saint George Kyparissiotes Monastery
Interactive map of Saint George Kyparissiotes | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 956 |
| Site | |
| Location | Tirilye, Turkey |
40°23′27″N 28°48′41″E / 40.3908°N 28.8114°E Saint George Kyparissiotes[1] (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος ο Κυπαρισσιώτης Agios Georgios o Kypatissiotis; Turkish: Aziz Yorgi Kilisesi) or Aya Yorgi is a ruined Byzantine-era monastery near modern Tirilye in Bursa Province, Turkey (medieval Trigleia in Bithynia).
It was built in 956[2][3] and was used as a church until the Greco-Turkish population exchange in 1922.
References
- ↑ "bursada kültür". Bursadakultur.org. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ "Tirilye'nin bağrındaki tarihi eserler". Yesilbursadergisi.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ R. P. Bernardin Menthon, A. A., Une terre de légendes. L'Olympe de Bithynie, 1935
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- Byzantine church buildings in Turkey
- Byzantine Bithynia
- Greek Orthodox monasteries in Turkey
- Buildings and structures in Bursa Province
- 10th-century establishments in the Byzantine Empire
- Christian monasteries in Turkey
- Saint George's Monasteries and Churches
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