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pátmos island


states: [greece]

category: cultural

year: 1999

location: Prefecture of Dodecanese, Region of the South Aegean

region: Europe and North America

latitude/longitude: 37.3000000000, 26.5500000000

Pátmos Island

The small island of Pátmos in the Dodecanese is reputed to be where St John the Theologian wrote both his Gospel and the Apocalypse. A monastery dedicated to the ‘beloved disciple’ was founded there in the late 10th century and it has been a place of pilgrimage and Greek Orthodox learning ever since. The fine monastic complex dominates the island. The old settlement of Chorá, associated with it, contains many religious and secular buildings.

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