• Vigla (Greek: Βίγλα) is a settlement in Mount Athos. It is located at the southeastern edge of the Athos peninsula. The settlement of Vigla on the southeastern...
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    slopes of Mount Athos. Located along the southernmost coast of the Athos peninsula, it stretches roughly from Katounakia in the west to Vigla in the east...
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  • Mount Athos has an extensive network of footpaths, many of which date back to the Byzantine period. These paths are typically trails designed for human...
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  • a village in Arta Vigla, Mount Athos, a settlement in Mount Athos Mikri Vigla, a small village on the island of Naxos Kaki Vigla, a small village on...
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    guide for Mount Athos. Mount Athos Center Mount Athos information guide A website about Athos Treasures of Mount Athos Friends of Mount Athos (FoMA) website...
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    Monastery. It is located in the southeastern extremity (called Vigla) of Mount Athos, near the cave of Athanasios the Athonite. Its name, Prodromos,...
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    February 12, 1897 – Mount Athos, August 15, 1959) was a Greek Orthodox monk and elder who led a small group of monks at Mount Athos. He was canonized as...
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  • Greek: δρουγγάριος τῆς βίγλης/βίγλας, romanized: droungarios tēs viglēs/viglas), sometimes anglicized as Drungary of the Watch, was originally a senior...
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  • settled in the Byzantine Empire as a monk in the Monastery of Iviron in Mount Athos and later became a diplomat and general under Basil II. In 979 he successfully...
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    Sentinels"), established by Leo I. the Arithmos (Gr. Ἀριθμός, "Number") or Vigla (Gr. Βίγλα, from the Latin word for "Watch"), promoted from thematic troops...
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