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Athos

• Autonomous monastic republic on the Khalkidhikí peninsula (Greece)
• own names: New Greek: Hagion Oros, Italian: Monte Santo, English: Holy Mountain

Contents

• Flag

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

Flag

Flag of Athos,
Source, by: Wikipedia (D)

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of Athos with the double-eagle in the centre is a reminder of the old Byzantine flag. It shows the double-eagle, although in black on golden ground. It is really the symbol of Roman rule, which also survived in the flags of the Russian Czar, the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, or the Austria-Hungaryn Empire.

Source: Volker Preuß, Translator of the English text: Joachim Nuthack

Map

Location:

Source: Map is Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuss

Numbers and Facts

Area: 130 square miles

Inhabitants: 2.262 (2001), mostly Monks

Density of Population: 17 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Karyä (Karyes, Karyaí), 163 inh. (2011)

important Monasteries: Dionysiu, Lávras, Panteleimon, Rossíki, Watopedhíon and Zográfu

official Language: Old-Greece (Koine)

other Languages: Modern Greek, Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian

Currency: 1 Euro (€) = 100 Cent

Time Zone: GMT + 2 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

History

10th cent. · formation of the initial monastic communities on Mount Athos

16th/17th cent. · Turkish occupation, the region comes to the Ottoman Empire, decline of the monastic communities

19th cent. · revival of the monastic live

1926 · loss of autonomy due to the affiliation with Greece

1969 · renewed granting of, however, only limited autonomy

Source: Wikipedia (D), Discovery '97