Daphni Monastery
E84812
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.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T670098 — 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: Daphni Monastery Context triple: [Byzantine architecture, notableExample, Daphni Monastery]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Xeropotamou Monastery
Xeropotamou Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its medieval heritage and religious significance.
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D.
Gregoriou Monastery
Gregoriou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic architecture, spiritual life, and collection of religious manuscripts and icons.
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E.
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.
- 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: Daphni Monastery Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Xeropotamou Monastery
Xeropotamou Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its medieval heritage and religious significance.
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D.
Gregoriou Monastery
Gregoriou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic architecture, spiritual life, and collection of religious manuscripts and icons.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine monastery
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Christian monastery ⓘ Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Middle Byzantine architecture
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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
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surface form:
Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
|
| hasDecoration |
Byzantine mosaics
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frescoes ⓘ marble revetment ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cells for monks
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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
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exquisite mosaics ⓘ harmonious proportions of the katholikon ⓘ masterpiece of middle Byzantine architecture ⓘ masterpiece of middle Byzantine art ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Chaidari ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Attica ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Athens
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Athens–Corinth highway ⓘ ancient sanctuary of Apollo Daphnaios ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Sacred Way
ⓘ
ancient road from Athens to Eleusis ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
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marble ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Annunciation mosaic
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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
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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
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21st century ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
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(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction | tourist site near Athens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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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.
this entity surface form:
Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios World Heritage property
this entity surface form:
Monastery of Daphni
this entity surface form:
Daphni Monastery, Greece
this entity surface form:
church of the Dormition at Daphni
subject surface form:
Crucifixion mosaic (Daphni Monastery)
subject surface form:
Crucifixion mosaic (Daphni Monastery)
this entity surface form:
katholikon of Daphni Monastery
this entity surface form:
Katholikon of Daphni Monastery
this entity surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Daphni Monastery"