Agios Dionysios Monastery
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Facts and practical information
The Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus is a Greek Orthodox monastery on the slopes of Mount Olympus, the most important monastery in the Pieria Prefecture. It is located at the Enipeas ravine at an altitude of 850 m The original monastery, established in 1542, was destroyed by the Germans in 1943. A new monastery was established at a distance of some 5 km to the northeast of the old one, closer to the town of Litochoro. The Agios Dionysios Monastery is a stavropegic monastery, subordinated directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople. ()
Macedonia and Thrace
Agios Dionysios Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Archaeological Museum, Dion, Archaeological Park of Dion, Hellenistic theatre of Dion.