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School of Othonoi

Primary School of Othonoi (Greece)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ30590642 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Primary School of Othonoi (Greek: Δημοτικό Σχολείο Οθωνών) is a public school of Othonoi, in northwestern Greece. It is a stone-built neoclassical building, a donation of the Greek benefactor Andreas Syngros.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “School of Othonoi” is primary School of Othonoi (Greece). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through School, Othonoi and Primary, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current 32-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1912. For this dossier, School, Othonoi and Primary is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “primary School of Othonoi (Greece)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30590642. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Later summaries often reconcile disputed chronology or motive more neatly than the contemporary record permits. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Institutional context
  • Locating named record creators
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “School of Othonoi”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow School of Othonoi primary sources, School of Othonoi archive and School research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “School of Othonoi”?
  2. Which voices are present, absent or mediated by the institution?
  3. Who created the surviving record, and for what administrative purpose?
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This entry incorporates text from “School of Othonoi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.