Athos Peninsula

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Athos Peninsula is the easternmost prong of northern Greece’s Halkidiki region, renowned as the monastic region of Mount Athos with numerous historic Orthodox monasteries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Athos Peninsula canonical 9
Athos peninsula 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo Kassandra Peninsula ⓘ
Sithonia Peninsula ⓘ
administrativeStatus Mount Athos autonomous monastic state within Greece ⓘ
linked to: Mount Athos
borders Aegean Sea ⓘ
contains Eastern Orthodox monasteries ⓘ
Mount Athos monastic state ⓘ
linked to: Mount Athos

hermitages ⓘ
monastic communities ⓘ
sketes ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus Mount Athos UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Mount Athos
governedAs part of Chalkidiki regional unit (non-monastic areas) ⓘ
hasAccessRestriction special entry permit required for Mount Athos ⓘ
women not allowed in Mount Athos monastic area ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Strymonian Gulf ⓘ
hasFunction center of Orthodox monasticism ⓘ
hasHighestElevation 2033 metres ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Athos ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriodOfImportance Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
hasLandscape forested ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Ouranoupoli (on the isthmus area) ⓘ
hasMaritimeAccessFrom Ierissos ⓘ
Ouranoupoli ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Eastern Orthodox Christians ⓘ
hasSecondaryLiturgicalLanguage Bulgarian ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
isEasternmostProngOf Halkidiki ⓘ
isPilgrimageDestination yes ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine monasticism ⓘ
Mount Athos monasteries ⓘ
linked to: Mount Athos

religious pilgrimage ⓘ
spiritual isolation ⓘ
locatedIn Central Macedonia ⓘ
Halkidiki ⓘ
Northern Greece ⓘ
locatedOn Aegean coast of Greece ⓘ
partOf Chalkidiki Peninsula ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
UNESCODesignationYear 1988 (Mount Athos) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Pantokratoros Monastery → peninsula → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Xeropotamou Monastery → locatedOn → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Holy Mountain → locatedOn → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Protaton Church → locatedOnPeninsula → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
St. Panteleimon Monastery → isOnPeninsula → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
subject linked to: Russian Monastery
Singitic Gulf → adjacentTo → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Singitic Gulf → hasCoastlineOn → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
Protaton → locatedOn → Athos Peninsula ⓘ
subject linked to: protos’ church of Mount Athos
Ierissos → locatedOn → Athos peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Athos Peninsula
Karoulia hermitages → locatedIn → Athos peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Athos Peninsula