Athos
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Athos is a mountainous peninsula in northern Greece best known for its autonomous monastic community of Eastern Orthodox monasteries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Athos canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autonomous region
ⓘ
monastic community ⓘ mountainous peninsula ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Agion Oros
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Athos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | approximately 335 square kilometers ⓘ |
| belongsToChurches | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borders | Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Karyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Eastern Orthodox monasteries
ⓘ
hermitages ⓘ sketes ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| earliestImperialCharterBy | Byzantine Emperor Basil I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedAsMonasticCenter | 10th century ⓘ |
| governedAs | monastic republic ⓘ |
| governedBy | Holy Community of Mount Athos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccessRestriction | special permit required ⓘ |
| hasAutonomyWithin | Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | women prohibited ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageStatus | major Orthodox pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguages |
Bulgarian
ⓘ
Church Slavonic NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgian ⓘ Greek ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| hasSpecialStatus | self-governed part of the Greek state ⓘ |
| hasType | Eastern Orthodox monastic community ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | true ⓘ |
| highestElevation | 2033 meters ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Athos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
Byzantine art
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox monasticism ⓘ Orthodox spirituality ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Macedonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Chalkidiki peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monasteriesAre |
male-only
ⓘ
self-governing ⓘ |
| numberOfMajorMonasteries | 20 ⓘ |
| officialName | Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Halkidiki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| sovereigntyRecognizedBy | Greek Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria | cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion | Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1988 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Halling