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'''Mount Athos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Όρος Άθως, literally: '''Mount Athos'''), also known as '''Holy Mountain''', is a [[mountain]] on the sounth end of the peninsula with the same name and rises 2033 metres high. According to [[Greek mythology]], the mountain is formed when [[Athos]] threw a huge rock to [[Poseidon]] during a fight, wich came down at the peninsula.
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'''Mount Athos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Όρος Άθως, literally: '''Mount Athos'''), also known as '''Holy Mountain''', is a [[mountain]] on the sounth end of the peninsula with the same name and rises 2033 metres high. According to [[Greek mythology]], the mountain is formed when [[Athos]] threw a huge rock to [[Poseidon]] during a fight, which came down at the peninsula.
    
Mount Athos is located in the [[Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain]] (Greek: Αὐτόνομη Μοναστικὴ Πολιτεία Ἁγίου Ὄρους).
 
Mount Athos is located in the [[Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain]] (Greek: Αὐτόνομη Μοναστικὴ Πολιτεία Ἁγίου Ὄρους).
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Mount Athos is home to 20 [[monastery|monasteries]].  It is also considered to be the largest area of the world from which women are completely banned, spanning 130 square miles on a peninsula.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36378690</ref>
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
*[[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe and North America]]
 
*[[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe and North America]]
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== References ==
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[[Category:Greece]]
 
[[Category:Greece]]
 
[[Category:European Mountains]]
 
[[Category:European Mountains]]
 
[[Category:World Heritage Sites]]
 
[[Category:World Heritage Sites]]
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