St. Catherine's Monastery

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/St._Catherine's_Monastery

GPTKB entity

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