Tinos

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Tinos is a Greek island in the Cyclades renowned for its important Orthodox pilgrimage site, traditional villages, and marble craftsmanship.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek island
island in the Cyclades
administrativeStatus municipality of Tinos
alsoKnownAs Chora
belongsTo Cyclades
surface form: Cyclades archipelago
capital Tinos Town
connectedByFerryTo Mykonos
Piraeus
Rafina
Syros
country Greece
famousFor Church of Panagia Evangelistria
Cycladic architecture
Orthodox pilgrimage
dovecotes
marble craftsmanship
traditional villages
hasArtSchool School of Fine Arts in Pyrgos
hasCulturalHeritage Catholic minority communities
Greek Orthodox tradition
hasIndustry agriculture
marble carving
tourism
hasMinorityReligion Roman Catholicism
hasNaturalFeature mountainous interior
rocky coastline
sandy beaches
hasPort Tinos Port
hasReligiousSignificance major Orthodox Christian pilgrimage site
hasSettlement Isternia
Kardiani
Panormos
Pyrgos
Volax
Isternia
surface form: Ysternia
knownFor Assumption Day pilgrimage
marble quarries
marble sculpture tradition
religious festivals
language Greek
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Cyclades
partOf South Aegean
surface form: South Aegean region
regionType island and municipality
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousSite Church of the Annunciation
surface form: Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary

Church of Panagia Evangelistria
surface form: Panagia Evangelistria of Tinos

Referenced by (3)

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

Andros connectedByFerryTo Tinos
Aegean Sea hasPart Tinos
Andros locatedNorthOf Tinos