Alqosh
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Alqosh is an ancient Assyrian Christian town in northern Iraq known for its historic monasteries and religious heritage.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian pilgrimage site
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeDistrict | Tel Kaif District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateReligionShare | majority Christian ⓘ |
| architectureStyle | traditional Assyrian village architecture ⓘ |
| contains |
ancient Christian manuscripts (historically)
ⓘ
tombs of Church of the East patriarchs ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| culturalIdentity | Assyrian ⓘ |
| economy |
local agriculture
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
| ethnicCommunity | Assyrians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorateCapitalDistance | north of Mosul ⓘ |
| hasMonastery |
Monastery of Our Lady of the Seeds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rabban Hormizd Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Christian shrines
ⓘ
ancient churches ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important Assyrian cultural center ⓘ |
| heritageType |
Assyrian heritage site
ⓘ
Christian heritage site ⓘ |
| historicalContinuity | continuously inhabited since antiquity (traditionally held) ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | center of the Church of the East patriarchate (historically) ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
Sureth (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nineveh Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| near |
Mosul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mountains of northern Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ancient Christian heritage
ⓘ
historic monasteries ⓘ religious scholarship ⓘ |
| partOf | Nineveh Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimage | visited by Christian pilgrims from Iraq and diaspora ⓘ |
| populationGroup | predominantly Assyrian Christian ⓘ |
| protectedBy | local Christian militias (various periods) ⓘ |
| region | Kurdistan geographic region (broad sense) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCommunity |
Assyrian Christians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chaldean Catholics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSiteType | monastic center ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Syriac Christian liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| scriptUsedHistorically | Syriac script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | regional conflicts in Iraq ⓘ |
| traditionalFaith |
Chaldean Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Church of the East (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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