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'''Oros Athos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Όρος Άθως, literally: '''Mount Athos''') is a [[peninsula]] in the northeast of [[Greece]], a little south of [[Thessaloniki]]. The [[Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain]], which is home of 20 orthodox monasteries, is located on the peninsula, the capital is [[Karyaes]] (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>

'''Oros Athos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Όρος Άθως, literally: '''Mount Athos''') is a famous [[peninsula]], also known as "Holy Mountain" or "Garden of the Virgins" that extends from the coast of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] into the [[Aegean Sea]], in the northeast of [[Greece]], a little south of [[Thessaloniki]]. The [[Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain]], which is home of 20 orthodox monasteries, is located on the peninsula, the capital is [[Karyaes]] (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, even female domesticated animals are forbidden, with the exception of chickens who provide fresh egg yoke necessary for the paint in iconography.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Athos</ref>

 

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