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St. Catherine's Monastery
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/St._Catherine's_Monastery
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:alternativeName
gptkb:Monastery_of_Saint_Catherine
gptkb:Monastery_of_the_Transfiguration
gptkb:Santa_Katarina
gptkb:Sacred_Monastery_of_the_God-Trodden_Mount_Sinai
gptkbp:contains
gptkb:library
gptkb:Chapel_of_the_Burning_Bush
icon collection
Codex Sinaiticus (formerly)
gptkbp:coordinates
28.5556°N 33.9761°E
gptkbp:dedicatedTo
gptkb:Saint_Catherine_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Transfiguration_of_Jesus
gptkbp:foundedIn
6th century
gptkbp:founder
Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
gptkbp:governorate
gptkb:South_Sinai_Governorate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
St. Catherine's Monastery
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Symbolism
gptkb:manuscript
Byzantine
continuous monastic life since foundation
oldest working Christian monastery
mosaic of the Transfiguration
gptkbp:protectedBy
gptkb:Prophet_Muhammad's_Ashtiname
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria
Cultural: i, iii, iv, vi
gptkbp:UNESCO_inscriptionYear
2002
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
yes
gptkbp:website
https://www.sinaimonastery.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5