Kapsala
Καψάλα
Settlement
Kapsala is located in Greece
Kapsala
Kapsala
Coordinates: 40°16′06″N 24°14′45″E / 40.2684063884°N 24.2459264775°E / 40.2684063884; 24.2459264775
CountryGreece
Administrative regionMount Athos
Elevation
381 m (1,250 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kapsala (Greek: Καψάλα) is a settlement in Mount Athos, Greece.[1]

Geography

Kapsala is located between Pantokratoros and Stavronikita monasteries. It can be reached from the road that goes to Pantokrator from Karyes. Kapsala can be divided into upper Kapsala (administered by Pantokratoros Monastery), located by the central dividing ridge of the Athonite peninsula, and lower Kapsala, located by the eastern coastline of the peninsula. The less inhabited parts of lower Kapsala are administered by Stavronikita monastery.[2]

Demographics

Kapsala is inhabited by monks living an idiorrhythmic lifestyle in cells (kellia) and huts (kalyvae).[2]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Καψάλα ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ, Δήμος ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ (Αυτοδιοίκητο)". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  2. ^ a b Curnow, Trevor (2007). Pantokrator : an introduction to Orthodoxy. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4438-0772-2. OCLC 828424952.
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