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Created page with "'''Oros Athos''' (Greek: Όρος Άθως, literally: '''Mount Athos''') is a peninsula in the northeast of Greece, a little south of Thessaloniki...."
'''Oros Athos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Όρος Άθως, literally: '''Mount Athos''') is a peninsula in the northeast of [[Greece]], a little south of [[Thessaloniki]]. The semiautonomous [[Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain]], which is home of 20 orthodox monasteries, is located on the peninsula, the capital is [[Karyaes]] or Kariaí. At the south end rises the 2033 metres high Mount Athos, the peninsula is named after the mountain. Women are not allowed on the peninsula.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Athos</ref>
== External links ==
*[http://www.inathos.gr/athos/en/ Mount Athos home page.]
== References ==
[[Category:Greece]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Orthodox Church]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.inathos.gr/athos/en/ Mount Athos home page.]
== References ==
[[Category:Greece]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Orthodox Church]]