Latomou Monastery (Church of Hosios David)
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Latomou Monastery, also known as the Church of Hosios David, is a renowned early Christian church in Thessaloniki famous for its exceptional 5th–6th century mosaics and Byzantine frescoes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Latomou Monastery (Church of Hosios David) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5477542 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Latomou Monastery (Church of Hosios David) Context triple: [Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki, hasPart, Latomou Monastery (Church of Hosios David)]
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A.
Dochiariou Monastery
Dochiariou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic architecture, spiritual heritage, and treasured icons.
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B.
Koutloumousiou Monastery
Koutloumousiou Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic buildings, spiritual life, and rich collection of religious artifacts and manuscripts.
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C.
Philotheou Monastery
Philotheou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its Byzantine heritage, spiritual tradition, and historic manuscripts and icons.
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D.
Dionysiou Monastery
Dionysiou Monastery is a historic Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its medieval architecture, rich manuscript collection, and spiritual heritage.
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E.
Xenophontos Monastery
Xenophontos Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic Byzantine heritage and religious significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Latomou Monastery (Church of Hosios David) Target entity description: Latomou Monastery, also known as the Church of Hosios David, is a renowned early Christian church in Thessaloniki famous for its exceptional 5th–6th century mosaics and Byzantine frescoes.
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A.
Dochiariou Monastery
Dochiariou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic architecture, spiritual heritage, and treasured icons.
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B.
Koutloumousiou Monastery
Koutloumousiou Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic buildings, spiritual life, and rich collection of religious artifacts and manuscripts.
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C.
Philotheou Monastery
Philotheou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its Byzantine heritage, spiritual tradition, and historic manuscripts and icons.
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D.
Dionysiou Monastery
Dionysiou Monastery is a historic Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its medieval architecture, rich manuscript collection, and spiritual heritage.
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E.
Xenophontos Monastery
Xenophontos Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic Byzantine heritage and religious significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine church
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cultural heritage monument ⓘ early Christian church ⓘ monastery church ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Church of Hosios David
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Hosios David Church ⓘ Monastery of Latomou ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Byzantine
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early Christian ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | early 6th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 5th century ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important monument of early Christian art in Greece
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major example of Thessaloniki’s Byzantine heritage ⓘ |
| denomination |
Greek Orthodox
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linked to:
Greek Orthodox Church
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| famousFor |
5th–6th century apse mosaic
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Byzantine frescoes ⓘ early Christian mosaics ⓘ |
| hasArtisticFeature |
Byzantine wall paintings
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Old Testament prophets in mosaic ⓘ apse mosaic of the Vision of Ezekiel ⓘ depiction of Christ in glory ⓘ |
| hasDedication | Hosios David ⓘ |
| hasMosaicDate |
5th century
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6th century ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria |
UNESCO criterion (i)
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linked to:
UNESCO cultural criteria (i)
UNESCO criterion (ii) ⓘ UNESCO criterion (iv) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Macedonia
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Greece ⓘ Thessaloniki ⓘ
linked to:
Salonika
Upper Town of Thessaloniki ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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stone ⓘ |
| partOf | Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika ⓘ |
| period | Early Byzantine period ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Eastern Orthodox Church
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linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSince | 1988 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
Christian monastery
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parish church ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - 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: Latomou Monastery (Church of Hosios David) Description of subject: Latomou Monastery, also known as the Church of Hosios David, is a renowned early Christian church in Thessaloniki famous for its exceptional 5th–6th century mosaics and Byzantine frescoes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
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hasPart
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Latomou Monastery (Church of Hosios David)
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