Mount Athos

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Mount Athos is an autonomous monastic peninsula in northern Greece renowned for its centuries-old Eastern Orthodox monasteries, spiritual heritage, and restricted access to male pilgrims.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous region
monastic community
peninsula
accessRestriction children prohibited
limited number of male pilgrims
women prohibited
alsoKnownAs Mount Athos
surface form: Agion Oros

Holy Mountain
area approximately 335 square kilometers
autonomyStatus self-governed monastic state under Greek sovereignty
borderedBy Aegean Sea
capital Karyes
constitutionalStatus recognized in the Constitution of Greece
country Greece
earliestMajorMonasteryFoundation 963 (Great Lavra)
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
elevation 2033 meters
foundedAsMonasticCenter 10th century
governingBody Mount Athos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Holy Community of Mount Athos

Holy Epistasia
hasMonastery Dionysiou Monastery
Dochiariou Monastery
Esphigmenou Monastery
Great Lavra
Gregoriou Monastery
Hilandar Monastery
Iviron Monastery
Karakallou Monastery
Konstamonitou Monastery
Koutloumousiou Monastery
Pantokratoros Monastery
Philotheou Monastery
Simonopetra Monastery
St. Andrew Skete
St. Anne Skete
St. Panteleimon Monastery
St. Paul Monastery
Stavronikita Monastery
Vatopedi Monastery
Xenophontos Monastery
Xeropotamou Monastery
Zograf Monastery
hasStatus male-only monastic republic
heritageType cultural landscape
religious heritage site
highestPoint Mount Athos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mount Athos peak
legalBasisOfAutonomy international treaties and Greek law
locatedIn Macedonia (Greece)
surface form: Central Macedonia

Chalkidiki Peninsula
northern Greece
notableFor Byzantine art
continuous monastic life for over a millennium
hesychast spiritual tradition
iconography
manuscript collections
officialLanguage Greek
otherUsedLanguage Bulgarians
surface form: Bulgarian

Church Slavonic
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
partOf Greece
surface form: Hellenic Republic
patronSaint Virgin Mary
surface form: Virgin Mary (Theotokos)
populationType lay workers
monks
novices
religion Eastern Orthodox monasticism
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
sovereignty Greece
timeZone Eastern European Time
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria i
ii
iv
v
vi
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1988
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes
visaRequirement special entry permit (diamonitirion)

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Ouranoupoli locatedIn Mount Athos
this entity surface form: Mount Athos peninsula
Ouranoupoli near Mount Athos
Sarti hasViewOf Mount Athos
Rossikon locatedOn Mount Athos
Rossikon partOf Mount Athos
this entity surface form: monastic community of Mount Athos
Андреевский скит расположен Mount Athos
this entity surface form: Афон
Андреевский скит географический контекст Mount Athos
this entity surface form: Святая Гора Афон
Saint Panteleimon hasShrine Mount Athos
Sithonia Peninsula locatedBetween Mount Athos
this entity surface form: Mount Athos Peninsula
ISO 3166-2:GR includesSubdivision Mount Athos
Stefan Nemanja deathPlace Mount Athos
Karyes Typikon associatedWith Mount Athos