Daphni Monastery

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Byzantine monastery Christian monastery Eastern Orthodox monastery UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage monument

Daphni Monastery is a renowned 11th-century Byzantine monastery near Athens, Greece, celebrated for its exquisite mosaics and as a masterpiece of middle Byzantine art and architecture.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Daphni Monastery canonical 9
Daphni Monastery, Greece 1
Katholikon of Daphni Monastery 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine monastery ⓘ
Christian monastery ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle Middle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
cross-in-square church ⓘ
coordinateLocation 38.008°N 23.642°E ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
damage earthquake damage in 1999 Athens earthquake ⓘ
dedicatedTo Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ
surface form: Dormition of the Virgin
governingBody Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
hasDecoration Byzantine mosaics ⓘ
frescoes ⓘ
marble revetment ⓘ
hasPart cells for monks ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
dome ⓘ
exonarthex ⓘ
fortified enclosure ⓘ
katholikon ⓘ
narthex ⓘ
refectory ⓘ
towers ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument of Greece ⓘ
inception 11th century ⓘ
knownFor classical restraint in mosaic style ⓘ
exquisite mosaics ⓘ
harmonious proportions of the katholikon ⓘ
masterpiece of middle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
masterpiece of middle Byzantine art ⓘ
locatedIn Chaidari ⓘ
locatedInRegion Attica ⓘ
locatedNear Athens ⓘ
Athens–Corinth highway ⓘ
ancient sanctuary of Apollo Daphnaios ⓘ
locatedOn Sacred Way ⓘ
ancient road from Athens to Eleusis ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
marble ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableWork Annunciation mosaic ⓘ
Christ Pantocrator ⓘ
surface form: Christ Pantocrator mosaic in the dome

Crucifixion mosaic ⓘ
Hospitality of Abraham mosaic ⓘ
Old Testament scenes ⓘ
Prophets in the drum of the dome ⓘ
New Testament scenes ⓘ
surface form: Scenes from the life of Christ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Daphni Monastery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios World Heritage property

Palaeologan and Middle Byzantine monuments of Athens region ⓘ
patronDuringRebuilding Byzantine aristocracy ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
roofMaterial tile ⓘ
significantEvent major rebuilding in the late 11th century ⓘ
significantPeriod Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
underwentRestoration 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1990 ⓘ
visitorAttraction tourist site near Athens ⓘ

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Daphni Monastery
Description of subject: Daphni Monastery is a renowned 11th-century Byzantine monastery near Athens, Greece, celebrated for its exquisite mosaics and as a masterpiece of middle Byzantine art and architecture.

Referenced by (16)

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

Byzantine architecture → notableExample → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
Daphni Monastery → partOf → Daphni Monastery self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios World Heritage property
Christian monastic heritage of Greece → notableSite → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monastery of Daphni
Middle Byzantine period → hasNotableBuilding → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
Christ Pantocrator → notableExampleLocation → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daphni Monastery, Greece
Chaidari → hasLandmark → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
Chaidari → hasReligiousSite → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
Chaidari → heritageSiteWithin → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
Annunciation mosaic → locatedIn → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
Annunciation mosaic → partOf → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
this entity surface form: church of the Dormition at Daphni
Crucifixion mosaic → locatedIn → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
subject surface form: Crucifixion mosaic (Daphni Monastery)
Crucifixion mosaic → locatedIn → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
subject surface form: Crucifixion mosaic (Daphni Monastery)
this entity surface form: katholikon of Daphni Monastery
Hospitality of Abraham mosaic → locatedIn → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
Hospitality of Abraham mosaic → locatedIn → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katholikon of Daphni Monastery
Hospitality of Abraham mosaic → partOf → Daphni Monastery ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Daphni Monastery"
ancient sanctuary of Apollo Daphnaios → locatedNear → Daphni Monastery ⓘ