Sümela Monastery

Greek Orthodox monastery and Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey
Place monastery Q1419157
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Sümela Monastery

Summary

Sümela Monastery is a monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (460 views/month, #6 of 959).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sümela Monastery is located in Maçka[3].
  • Sümela Monastery is in the country of Turkey[4].
  • Sümela Monastery's image is recorded as Sümela Manastır.jpg[5].
  • Sümela Monastery's image is recorded as Sümela manastırı02.jpg[6].
  • Sümela Monastery's image is recorded as Sumela Monastery (2674159860).jpg[7].
  • Sümela Monastery's instance of is recorded as monastery[8].
  • Sümela Monastery's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[9].
  • Sümela Monastery's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[10].
  • Sümela Monastery's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 239179481[11].
  • Sümela Monastery's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86060189[12].
  • Sümela Monastery's Commons category is recorded as Sumela Monastery[13].
  • +0386-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sümela Monastery[14].
  • Sümela Monastery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.69, 'lon': 39.65833333}[15].
  • Sümela Monastery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06dw_d[16].
  • Sümela Monastery's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko20181017459[17].
  • Sümela Monastery's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Black Sea Region[18].
  • Sümela Monastery's diocese is recorded as Metropolis of Rodopoli[19].
  • Sümela Monastery's dedicated to is recorded as Dormition of the Mother of God[20].
  • Sümela Monastery's official website is recorded as https://www.sumela.gov.tr[21].
  • Sümela Monastery's affiliation is recorded as Museum Directorate of Trabzon[22].
  • Sümela Monastery's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[23].
  • Sümela Monastery's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7549099[24].
  • Sümela Monastery's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Παναγία Σουμελά'}[25].
  • Sümela Monastery's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as 10888169[26].
  • Sümela Monastery's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (i)[27].

Body

Geography

Sümela Monastery is in the country of Turkey[4]. It is located in Maçka[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include monastery[8], tourist attraction[9], and archaeological site[10]. Sümela Monastery's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[23].

History and Context

+0386-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sümela Monastery[14].

Why It Matters

Sümela Monastery ranks in the top 0.63% of monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (460 views/month, #6 of 959).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.
  21. [23] . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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