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Μονή Ζάρακα | |
Location | Stymfalia, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece |
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Coordinates | 37°52′01″N 22°27′29″E / 37.86694°N 22.45806°E |
Type | Monastery |
History | |
Builder | Cistercian Order |
Founded | Approximately 1225 |
Abandoned | 1276 |
Periods | Medieval Greece |
Site notes | |
Management | 25th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities |
Public access | Yes |
Website | Monastery of Zaraka |
Zaraka Monastery is a ruined Frankish abbey near Stymfalia, in the Peloponnese, in Greece. It was built about a kilometre from the shores of Lake Stymphalia, the site of the ancient city of Stymphalus, during the "Frankokratia", i.e. the occupation of parts of the Byzantine Empire by Franks and Venetians, following the events of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, and the establishment of the Latin Empire of Constantinople and Greece.