The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
A World Heritage Site in Greece, inscribed in 1999 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 1999
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iii)(iv)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 37.3000, 26.5500
- UNESCO ID
- 942
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Names in other languages
- French
- Centre historique (Chorá) avec le monastère de Saint Jean « le théologien » et la grotte de l'Apocalypse sur l'île de Patmos
- Spanish
- Centro histórico (Chorá) con el monasterio de San Juan “el Teólogo” y la gruta del Apocalipsis en la isla de Patmos
- Chinese
- 帕特莫斯岛的天启洞穴和圣约翰修道院
Other World Heritage Sites in Greece
- Acropolis, Athens (1987)
- Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) (1996)
- Archaeological Site of Delphi (1987)
- Archaeological Site of Mystras (1989)
- Archaeological Site of Olympia (1989)
- Archaeological Site of Philippi (2016)
- Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns (1999)
- Delos (1990)
- Medieval City of Rhodes (1988)
- Meteora (1988)
- Minoan Palatial Centres (2025)
- Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios (1990)
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