Kanalon Monastery

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The Kanalon Monastery, formally the Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos of Kanalon, is a Greek Orthodox convent in the north-east of the Greek region of Thessaly. Beside the monasteries of Agios Dionysios and Agia Triada, Sparmos it is one of the monasteries located at Mount Olympus. ()

Local name: Ιερά Σταυροπηγιακή Μονή Κανάλων Καρυάς Coordinates: 40°0'12"N, 22°27'44"E

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Thessaly and Central GreeceGreece

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Kanalon Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Olympus Geological History Museum, Leivithra, Karya.

6.4 miNE
Natural history museum, Museum
Olympus Geological History Museum, Leptokarya
163 min walk • The Olympus Geological History Museum is a geological museum in the town of Leptokarya at the foot of Mount Olympus in northern Greece. It presents in several exhibition rooms, rocks and minerals from the region and fossils from the Olympus and from the surrounding area.
4.4 miNE
City, Archaeological site
Leivithra
112 min walk • Leibethra or Libethra, in the modern pronunciation Leivithra was an ancient Macedonian city at the foot of Mount Olympus, near the present settlement of Skotina.
3.9 miW
Village
Karya
100 min walk • Karya is a village, a community and a municipal unit of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent community. The 2011 census recorded 542 inhabitants in the community and 719 in the municipal unit.

Kanalon Monastery

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Kanalon Monastery plan & book

Kanalon Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Olympus Geological History Museum, Leptokarya

Leivithra

Karya