Saint George Kyparissiotes Monastery

40.3908°N 28.8114°E / 40.3908; 28.8114 Saint George Kyparissiotes[1] (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος ο Κυπαρισσιώτης; Turkish: Aziz Yorgi Kilisesi, Aya Yorgi Kilisesi) is a ruined Byzantine-era monastery near modern Tirilye in Bursa Province, Turkey (medieval Trigleia in Bithynia).

Saint George Kyparissiotes
Monastery information
Established956
Site
LocationTirilye, Turkey

It was built in 956.[2][3]

References
  1. "bursada kültür". Bursadakultur.org. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  2. "Tirilye'nin bağrındaki tarihi eserler". Yesilbursadergisi.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  3. R. P. Bernardin Menthon, A. A., Une terre de légendes. L'Olympe de Bithynie, 1935


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