Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse

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Christian holy site Eastern Orthodox monastery UNESCO World Heritage Site historic district historic town pilgrimage site

The Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse is a major Greek Orthodox pilgrimage site on the island of Patmos, revered as the traditional place where Saint John is believed to have received and recorded the Book of Revelation.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Historic Centre (Chora) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse	1
Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse canonical	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre (Chora) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse"	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Monastery and Cave of the Apocalypse, Chora)	1
UNESCO World Heritage property on Patmos	1
World Heritage Site "Historic Centre (Chora) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Patmos"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916855 — 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: Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse
Context triple: [Patmos, UNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse]

A. 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.
B. Konstamonitou Monastery
Konstamonitou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its medieval heritage, historic manuscripts, and traditional Athonite monastic life.
C. Esphigmenou Monastery
Esphigmenou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its traditionalist stance and long-standing disputes with the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
D. 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.
E. Simonopetra Monastery
Simonopetra Monastery is a prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic community dramatically perched on a rocky cliff on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its striking architecture and spiritual heritage.
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: Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse
Target entity description: The Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse is a major Greek Orthodox pilgrimage site on the island of Patmos, revered as the traditional place where Saint John is believed to have received and recorded the Book of Revelation.

A. 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.
B. Konstamonitou Monastery
Konstamonitou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its medieval heritage, historic manuscripts, and traditional Athonite monastic life.
C. Esphigmenou Monastery
Esphigmenou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its traditionalist stance and long-standing disputes with the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
D. 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.
E. Simonopetra Monastery
Simonopetra Monastery is a prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic community dramatically perched on a rocky cliff on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its striking architecture and spiritual heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian holy site ⓘ Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ historic district ⓘ historic town ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Byzantine architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Book of Revelation ⓘ Saint John the Theologian ⓘ linked to: Apostle John composition of the Book of Revelation ⓘ visions of Saint John ⓘ
characterizedBy	fortified houses ⓘ narrow streets ⓘ whitewashed buildings ⓘ
contains	Cave of the Apocalypse ⓘ Chora of Patmos ⓘ linked to: Chora Monastery of Saint John the Theologian ⓘ frescoes ⓘ icons ⓘ library ⓘ manuscript collection ⓘ rock fissure venerated as place of Revelation ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint John the Theologian ⓘ linked to: Apostle John
developedAround	Monastery of Saint John the Theologian ⓘ
foundedBy	Saint Christodoulos of Patmos ⓘ
foundedIn	1088 ⓘ
function	monastic centre ⓘ spiritual centre of Patmos ⓘ
locatedIn	Dodecanese ⓘ Patmos ⓘ linked to: island of Patmos Patmos ⓘ linked to: island of Patmos Patmos ⓘ linked to: island of Patmos South Aegean region ⓘ island of Patmos ⓘ
majorPilgrimageDestinationFor	Christian pilgrims ⓘ Orthodox Christians ⓘ
notedFor	continuity of Christian worship since early Christianity ⓘ integration of monastic, pilgrimage, and urban functions in a small island setting ⓘ
periodOfSignificance	Byzantine period ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
significance	traditional site of the Revelation to Saint John ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID	942 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1999 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Patmos → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse ⓘ

subject linked to: island of Patmos

Cave of the Apocalypse → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage property on Patmos ⓘ