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Daphni or Dafni (Modern Greek: Δαφνί; Katharevousa: Δαφνίον, Daphnion) is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers (6.8 miles) northwest of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue .
Map of the Athonite peninsula. Dafni, view from the sea. Dafni (Greek: Δάφνη) is a small settlement on Mount Athos.It is located on the southern coast of the Athonite peninsula between Xeropotamou Monastery and Simonopetra Monastery.
Dafni also refers to the Daphni Monastery, located here; Dafni, Boeotia, part of the municipal unit of Dervenochori, Boeotia; Dafni, Corfu, part of the municipal unit of Agios Georgios, Corfu; Dafni, Corinthia, part of the municipality of Nemea, Corinthia; in Elis: Dafni, Amaliada, part of the municipal unit of Amaliada
Nea Moni (Greek: Νέα Μονή, lit."New Monastery") is an 11th-century monastery on the island of Chios that has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.It is located on the Provateio Oros Mt. in the island's interior, about 15 km from Chios town.
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Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios, Greece; Mount Athos, Greece; Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika, Greece; Studenica Monastery, Serbia; The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
The Monastery was founded in the late 14th century and today is surrounded by the deserted and ruined monasteries of St. John Prodromos, the Pantocrator, and the chapel of Panagia Doupiani. [58] The monastery served as a resting place for pilgrims and quickly got its name of Anapausas (modern pronunciation anapafseos), 'resting'.