Athos

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Athos is a mountainous peninsula in northern Greece best known for its autonomous monastic community of Eastern Orthodox monasteries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Athos canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous region
monastic community
mountainous peninsula
alsoKnownAs Agion Oros
linked to: Άγιον Όρος

Holy Mountain
Mount Athos
area approximately 335 square kilometers
belongsToChurches Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
borders Aegean Sea
capital Karyes
contains Eastern Orthodox monasteries
hermitages
sketes
country Greece
earliestImperialCharterBy Byzantine Emperor Basil I
foundedAsMonasticCenter 10th century
governedAs monastic republic
governedBy Holy Community of Mount Athos
hasAccessRestriction special permit required
hasAutonomyWithin Greece
hasGenderRestriction women prohibited
hasPilgrimageStatus major Orthodox pilgrimage site
hasPrimaryLanguages Bulgarian
Church Slavonic
Georgian
Greek
Romanian
Russian
hasSpecialStatus self-governed part of the Greek state
hasType Eastern Orthodox monastic community
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatus true
highestElevation 2033 meters
highestPoint Mount Athos
importantFor Byzantine art
Eastern Orthodox monasticism
Orthodox spirituality
locatedIn Central Macedonia
northern Greece
linked to: Northern Greece
locatedOn Chalkidiki peninsula
monasteriesAre male-only
self-governing
numberOfMajorMonasteries 20
officialName Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain
partOf Halkidiki
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
sovereigntyRecognizedBy Greek Constitution
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1988

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Referenced by (4)

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

Chalcidice contains Athos
Ida hasSiblings Athos
Halling homeworld Athos
subject linked to: Halling in Stargate Atlantis
Teyla Emmagan homeworld Athos