Mount Athos
Mount Athos (Greek: ÎÏÎ¿Ï ÎθÏÏ, 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: Îá½ÏÏνομη ÎοναÏÏικὴ ΠολιÏεία á¼Î³Î¯Î¿Ï á½ÏÎ¿Ï Ï).
Mount Athos is home to 20 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.[1]