Cultural and Historic Places in Greece from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Greece includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage density for protection planning based on historic and heritage tags.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure distribution based on tourism and amenity tags.
• Create cultural resource inventories for regional development based on site categories like museums and monuments.

Strengths

• Data covers multiple cultural site types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, allowing for community updates.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 19:50:03.948301

Geography

Greece