⛪ The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
Religious and architectural complex in the Dodecanese, Greece
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- Location: Dodecanese archipelago, southeastern Greece
- Monastery founded: 10th century AD
- Cave of the Apocalypse: 4 kilometres from Chorá town
- UNESCO inscription: 1999
Pátmos is a small island in the Dodecanese archipelago of southeastern Greece that contains three interconnected Christian religious sites of Byzantine and medieval significance. The site comprises the whitewashed hilltop town of Chorá, the fortified Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, and the Cave of the Apocalypse, together representing over 1,300 years of Orthodox Christian tradition and architecture. Pátmos was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. As of 2026, the ...