Mount Pangaion

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Mount Pangaion is a historically significant mountain in northern Greece, famed in antiquity for its rich gold and silver mines and its role in ancient Macedonian and Thracian history.

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Mount Pangaion canonical 3
Mount Pangaion (mythological) 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain
associatedWithPeople Greeks
Macedonians
Thracians
country Greece
elevation 1956 meters
about 6417 feet
hasCulturalSignificance ancient Greek religion
local Macedonian traditions
hasPeak Avgo
Vigla
hasResource gold
other metal ores
silver
hasVegetation alpine meadows
forested slopes
influenced economic power of ancient Macedon
knownFor ancient mining activity
gold mines
religious sanctuaries in antiquity
role in ancient Macedonian history
role in ancient Thracian history
silver mines
knownInAntiquityAs Pangaeum
Pangaeus
locatedIn Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Northern Greece
locatedInAncientRegion Macedonia (Greece)
surface form: Macedonia

Thrace
locatedNear Aegean Sea
Strymonas River
surface form: Strymon River
mentionedBy Herodotus
Thucydides
mentionedIn ancient Greek literature
minedSince antiquity
nearbyCity Drama
Kavala
nearbyTown Eleftheroupoli
partOf Pangaio municipality
Pangaion Hills
partOfMountainRange Pangaion Hills
surface form: Pangaion massif
region Macedonia (Greece)
surface form: Macedonia (modern Greek region)
tourismType cultural tourism
eco-tourism
usedFor modern hiking
religious pilgrimages
winter sports

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macedonia (Greece) containsMountain Mount Pangaion
Amphipolis locatedNear Mount Pangaion
Mountains of Greece (mythological) includes Mount Pangaion
this entity surface form: Mount Pangaion (mythological)
Crenides locatedNear Mount Pangaion