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Mount Athos (religious center) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 024 20 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 24.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site is a mountain forming eastern end of the Acte peninsula; it has been occupied by Greek monastic communities of St. Basil since 9th century CE; noted as the "Holy Mountain" of the Greek church; declared itself a theocratic republic in 1927. |
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| Áthos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Pangaíon Óros (C,V)
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| Haghion Óros (C,V)
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| Áyion Óros (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Athos (C,O)
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| Mount Athos (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Mount Athos (Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Athos, Mount (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Átho (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Áthos, Korifí (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Hagion Oros (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Korifí Áthos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| religious center (preferred, C) |
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| inhabited place (C) |
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inhabited by at least 9th cen. AD |
| mountain (C) |
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