Zarakas Monastery

Zarakas Monastery

Archaeological site
name = Zarakas Monastery

name_local = Μονή Ζαρακά


caption_skyline =
country = Greece
region = Stymphalia
elevation = 616
peak_period = Medieval Greece
lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 52
lat_sec = 01.09
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 22
lon_min = 27
lon_sec = 29.26
lon_hem = E

Zarakas is a ruined frankish monastery near Stymfalia, in the Peloponnese in Greece. It was built on the shores of Lake Stymphalia during the Frangokratia, the occupation of parts of the Byzantine Empire by the "Franks" of the Fourth Crusade.

The surviving buildings display Gothic influences.


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