Mount Pentelicus

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geographical feature mountain

Mount Pentelicus is a prominent mountain in the Attica region of Greece, historically renowned as the source of the fine white marble used to build the Parthenon and other classical Athenian monuments.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Mount Pentelicus canonical 20
slopes of Mount Pentelicus 2
Mount Pentelicus (mythological) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
belongsTo Attica peninsula ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalAssociation classical Athens ⓘ
elevation approximately 1109 meters ⓘ
approximately 3640 feet ⓘ
geologicalComposition marble ⓘ
geologicalEra Mesozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Mesozoic
hasAccessRoad Penteli–Nea Makri road ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Penteli ⓘ
Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
surface form: Pentelicus Mountain

Pentelikon ⓘ
hasFeature modern marble quarries ⓘ
monastery of Penteli ⓘ
numerous ancient marble quarries ⓘ
hasHumanSettlementOnSlopes Drafi ⓘ
Nea Penteli ⓘ
Penteli ⓘ
hasLandCover pine forests ⓘ
hasLandUse quarrying ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
hasSlopeAspect south-facing slopes toward Athens ⓘ
hasVegetation coniferous forest ⓘ
maquis shrubland ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfIntensiveQuarrying 5th century BCE ⓘ
historicalSignificance important economic resource for ancient Athens ⓘ
source of marble for classical Greek architecture ⓘ
knownFor Pentelic marble quarries ⓘ
high-quality white marble ⓘ
marble used in classical Athenian monuments ⓘ
marble used in the Parthenon ⓘ
locatedIn Attica region ⓘ
locatedInMunicipality Penteli ⓘ
locatedInRegionalUnit North Athens ⓘ
locatedNear Athens ⓘ
Marathon ⓘ
materialProvidedFor Erechtheion ⓘ
the Parthenon ⓘ
surface form: Parthenon

Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ
overlooks Attica region ⓘ
surface form: Athens Plain

Saronic Gulf ⓘ
partOf Penteli mountain range ⓘ
region central Greece ⓘ
surface form: Central Greece
usedSince antiquity for marble extraction ⓘ
visibleFrom Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
Athens ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Attica → hasMountain → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Pentelic marble → placeOfOrigin → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Pentelic marble → quarryLocation → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Pentelicus, Greece
Mount Pentelicus → hasAlternativeName → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pentelicus Mountain
central Greece → hasMountain → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Greece
East Attica regional unit → contains → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Mount Parnitha → near → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Penteli quarries → locatedIn → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Penteli quarries → partOf → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Attica region → includesMountain → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Mountains of Greece (mythological) → includes → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Pentelicus (mythological)
Attica peninsula → contains → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Kifisia → locatedOn → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
this entity surface form: slopes of Mount Pentelicus
Penteli → namedAfter → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Penteli → hasMountain → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Penteli mountain range → hasPeak → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Penteli mountain range → alsoKnownAs → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Pentelikon → alsoKnownAs → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Pentelikon → category → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mountains of Attica
monastery of Penteli → locatedIn → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
subject surface form: Monastery of Penteli
monastery of Penteli → isOnSlopeOf → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
subject surface form: Monastery of Penteli
Drafi → locatedNear → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Marathon plain → hasNearbyFeature → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Dionysos → locatedOn → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
this entity surface form: slopes of Mount Pentelicus
Pentelic quarries → locatedIn → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Pentelic quarries → namedAfter → Mount Pentelicus ⓘ