Athos
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Greek Orthodox monks of the Grand Lavra monastery, Athos, Greece. There are some 20 Greek Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos, which comprise a semiautonomous republic.
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St Anne's monastery, Athos, Greece. Most of Mount Athos's 20 monasteries are built close to the coast and consist of a quadrangle of buildings surrounding a church. They contain important examples of Byzantine art as well as a great number of medieval and classical manuscripts.
Mountainous peninsula on the Macedonian coast of Greece. Its peak is 2,033 m/6,672 ft high. The promontory is occupied by a group of 20 Orthodox monasteries, inhabited by some 3,000 monks and lay brothers. A council of representatives from the monasteries runs the affairs of the peninsula as a self-governing republic under the protection of the Greek government.
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