Nea Moni of Chios monastery

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Byzantine monastery Eastern Orthodox monastery UNESCO World Heritage Site

Nea Moni of Chios monastery is an 11th-century Byzantine monastery on the Greek island of Chios, renowned for its exceptional mosaics and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Monastery of Nea Moni of Chios	1
Nea Moni of Chios monastery canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine monastery ⓘ Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Middle Byzantine period ⓘ surface form: Middle Byzantine
associatedWith	three hermit monks of Chios ⓘ
constructionBegan	mid-11th century ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
damageType	earthquake damage ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Theotokos ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
foundedBy	Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos ⓘ surface form: Constantine IX Monomachos Theodora Porphyrogenita ⓘ surface form: Empress Zoe Empress Theodora ⓘ surface form: Theodora (Byzantine empress)
foundedInCentury	11th century ⓘ
governingBody	Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ surface form: Greek Ministry of Culture
hasArtStyle	Macedonian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Renaissance
hasPart	cells ⓘ cistern ⓘ defensive tower ⓘ katholikon ⓘ refectory ⓘ
heritageCriteria	UNESCO cultural criterion (ii) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criterion (iv) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criterion (vi) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear	1990 ⓘ
knownFor	11th-century mosaics ⓘ Byzantine mosaics ⓘ Middle Byzantine architecture ⓘ monastic complex ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Sea ⓘ North Aegean region ⓘ
locatedNear	Chios town ⓘ Mount Provateio Oros ⓘ
locatedOn	Chios ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
mosaicSubject	Christ Pantocrator ⓘ New Testament scenes ⓘ Prophets and saints ⓘ
mosaicTechnique	gold-ground mosaics ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Empire (historical context)
period	Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
restoration	19th-century restoration ⓘ 20th-century conservation works ⓘ
sufferedEvent	1881 Chios earthquake ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Europe and North America ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Chios → knownFor → Nea Moni of Chios monastery ⓘ

Christian monastic heritage of Greece → notableSite → Nea Moni of Chios monastery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monastery of Nea Moni of Chios