Great Lavra

1st monastery of Mount Athos, Greece
Organization eastern_orthodox_monastery Q546516
Great Lavra
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Great Lavra

Summary

Great Lavra is an eastern orthodox monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of eastern_orthodox_monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (412 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Lavra's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodoxy[3].
  • Great Lavra is located in monastic community of Mount Athos[4].
  • Great Lavra is in the country of Greece[5].
  • Great Lavra's instance of is recorded as eastern orthodox monastery[6].
  • Great Lavra's founder is recorded as Athanasius the Athonite[7].
  • Great Lavra's architectural style is recorded as Byzantine architecture[8].
  • Great Lavra's Commons category is recorded as Great Lavra monastery[9].
  • January 17, 901 marks the founding of Great Lavra[10].
  • Great Lavra's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.170876, 'lon': 24.382728}[11].
  • Great Lavra's diocese is recorded as Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople[12].
  • Great Lavra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Lavra[13].
  • Great Lavra's described at URL is recorded as http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=1550[14].
  • Great Lavra has a population of {'amount': '+51'}[15].
  • Great Lavra has a population of {'amount': '+61'}[16].
  • Great Lavra's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Great Lavra's heritage designation is recorded as archaeological site in Greece[18].
  • Great Lavra's heritage designation is recorded as protected building in Greece[19].
  • Great Lavra's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Ιερά Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας'}[20].
  • Great Lavra covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+33042'}[21].
  • Great Lavra's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of Great Lavra monastery[22].

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Founding

Great Lavra's founder is recorded as Athanasius the Athonite[7]. January 17, 901 marks the founding of it[10].

Why It Matters

Great Lavra ranks in the top 3% of eastern_orthodox_monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (412 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founded by
    Instance of eastern orthodox monastery
    Geonames id 735148
    Population
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