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Church and monastery of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Dechtice, Slovakia · built 1618

Church and monastery of St. Catherine of Alexandria
Church and monastery of St. Catherine of Alexandria. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Katarínka (St. Katharein, Hungarian: Szent Katalin kolostor) are the ruins of a Franciscan monastery and church dating back to the early 17th century, located deep in the forests of the Little Carpathians (Malé Karpaty) in western Slovakia, 20 km north of Trnava over Dubovský creek, close to the villages of Dechtice, Naháč and Dobrá Voda. The church was dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and that is where the nickname of the place Katarínka comes from.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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