Athos Peninsula

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geographical region peninsula

Athos Peninsula is the easternmost prong of northern Greece’s Halkidiki region, renowned as the monastic region of Mount Athos with numerous historic Orthodox monasteries.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Athos Peninsula canonical 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo Chalkidiki Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Kassandra Peninsula

Sithonia Peninsula ⓘ
administrativeStatus Mount Athos ⓘ
surface form: Mount Athos autonomous monastic state within Greece
borders Aegean Sea ⓘ
contains Eastern Orthodox monasteries ⓘ
Mount Athos ⓘ
surface form: Mount Athos monastic state

hermitages ⓘ
monastic communities ⓘ
sketes ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus Mount Athos ⓘ
surface form: Mount Athos UNESCO World Heritage Site
governedAs part of Chalkidiki regional unit (non-monastic areas) ⓘ
hasAccessRestriction special entry permit required for Mount Athos ⓘ
women not allowed in Mount Athos monastic area ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Strymonian Gulf ⓘ
hasFunction center of Orthodox monasticism ⓘ
hasHighestElevation 2033 metres ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Athos ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriodOfImportance Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
hasLandscape forested ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Ouranoupoli (on the isthmus area) ⓘ
hasMaritimeAccessFrom Ierissos ⓘ
Ouranoupoli ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians
hasSecondaryLiturgicalLanguage Bulgarian ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
isEasternmostProngOf Chalkidiki Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Halkidiki
isPilgrimageDestination yes ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine monasticism ⓘ
Mount Athos ⓘ
surface form: Mount Athos monasteries

religious pilgrimage ⓘ
spiritual isolation ⓘ
locatedIn Central Macedonia ⓘ
Chalkidiki Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Halkidiki

Northern Greece ⓘ
locatedOn Aegean coast of Greece ⓘ
partOf Chalkidiki Peninsula ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
UNESCODesignationYear 1988 (Mount Athos) ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Pantokratoros Monastery → peninsula → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Xeropotamou Monastery → locatedOn → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Holy Mountain → locatedOn → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Protaton Church → locatedOnPeninsula → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
headquarters of the Holy Community → locatedOn → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Russian Monastery → isOnPeninsula → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Panteleimon Monastery