Hosios Loukas

monastery in Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Municipality, Greece
Place monastery Q844841
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Hosios Loukas

Summary

Hosios Loukas is a monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hosios Loukas is located in Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Municipality[3].
  • Hosios Loukas is located in Commune of Steiri[4].
  • Hosios Loukas is in the country of Greece[5].
  • Hosios Loukas's image is recorded as Hosios Loukas BW 2017-10-08 14-55-46.jpg[6].
  • Hosios Loukas's instance of is recorded as monastery[7].
  • Hosios Loukas's founder is recorded as Luke Thaumaturgus[8].
  • Luke Thaumaturgus is named after Hosios Loukas[9].
  • Hosios Loukas's architectural style is recorded as Byzantine architecture[10].
  • Hosios Loukas's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3591147872002775170006[11].
  • Hosios Loukas's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87904498[12].
  • Hosios Loukas's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12360957n[13].
  • Hosios Loukas's part of is recorded as Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios[14].
  • Hosios Loukas's Commons category is recorded as Monastery of Hosios Loukas[15].
  • Hosios Loukas's said to be the same as is recorded as Hosios Loukas[16].
  • +0901-01-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hosios Loukas[17].
  • +1001-01-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hosios Loukas[18].
  • Hosios Loukas's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.395136, 'lon': 22.746318}[19].
  • Hosios Loukas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h2d05[20].
  • Hosios Loukas's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 537-001[21].
  • Hosios Loukas's official website is recorded as http://www.osiosloukas.gr/site/[22].
  • Hosios Loukas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Monastery of Hosios Loukas[23].
  • Hosios Loukas's Commons gallery is recorded as Μονή Οσίου Λουκά[24].
  • Hosios Loukas's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 002096582[25].
  • Hosios Loukas's described at URL is recorded as http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=8081[26].
  • Hosios Loukas's described at URL is recorded as https://www.greeka.com/sterea/arachova/sightseeing/osios-loukas-monastery[27].

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Geography

Hosios Loukas is in the country of Greece[5]. Located in include Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra Municipality[3], a municipality of Greece[28], in Greece[29], headquartered in Q478649[30] and Commune of Steiri[4], a commune of Greece[31], in Greece[32]. Its part of is recorded as Monasteries of Daphni, it and Nea Moni of Chios[14].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+3'}[33], {'amount': '+1'}[34], and {'amount': '+6'}[35].

Designation and Status

Hosios Loukas's instance of is recorded as monastery[7]. Heritage statuses include archaeological site in Greece[36] and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[37].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +0901-01-17T00:00:00Z[17] and +1001-01-17T00:00:00Z[18]. Luke Thaumaturgus is named after Hosios Loukas[9].

Why It Matters

Hosios Loukas ranks in the top 2% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . wikidata.org.
  29. [36] . arxaiologikoktimatologio.gov.gr. arxaiologikoktimatologio.gov.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [37] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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