Kalambaka

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municipality town

Kalambaka is a town in central Greece best known as the gateway to the Meteora monasteries perched atop towering rock formations.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Kalabaka 3
town of Kalabaka 2
Kastraki 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate with continental influences ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
governingBody Kalambaka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Municipality of Kalambaka
hasCulturalHeritage Byzantine-era churches ⓘ
post-Byzantine frescoes ⓘ
hasFeature traditional stone houses ⓘ
views of Meteora rock formations ⓘ
hasIndustry hospitality services ⓘ
local handicrafts ⓘ
hasNearby Meteora ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Meteora
hasNearbyAttraction St. Stephen Monastery ⓘ
surface form: Great Meteoron Monastery

Holy Trinity Monastery ⓘ
Rousanou Monastery ⓘ
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery ⓘ
St. Stephen Monastery ⓘ
Varlaam Monastery ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasPostalCountryCode GR ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
isGatewayTo Meteora ⓘ
knownFor proximity to Meteora monasteries ⓘ
towering rock formations of Meteora ⓘ
locatedAtFootOf Meteora ⓘ
surface form: Meteora rock pillars
locatedIn Thessaly ⓘ
Trikala regional unit ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
locatedInContinent Europe ⓘ
locatedOn Pineios River ⓘ
near Pindus Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Pindus mountain range
partOf Thessaly ⓘ
surface form: Region of Thessaly
religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
transportConnection connected by road to Trikala ⓘ
served by railway line from Athens and Thessaloniki via Palaiofarsalos ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

this entity surface form: Kalabaka
Kalambaka → governingBody → Kalambaka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Municipality of Kalambaka
subject surface form: Fürth
this entity surface form: Xylokastro
this entity surface form: Kalabaka
Meteora → locatedNear → Kalambaka ⓘ
Meteora → locatedNear → Kalambaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kastraki
this entity surface form: town of Kalabaka
this entity surface form: village of Kastraki
St. Stephen Monastery → near → Kalambaka ⓘ
this entity surface form: town of Kalabaka
this entity surface form: Kalabaka