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  • Pelekete Monastery

  • Pelekete Monastery

    Pelekete Monastery or Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, also Aya Yani Monastery, is a ruined Byzantine-era monastery located near modern Tirilye in Bursa Province, Turkey. It was built in the 8th century AD.
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    Pelekete Monastery

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    Turkey

    Bursa

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    8th Century AD

    Byzantine

    Christian

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