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Castle of Good Hope

17th-century bastion fort in Cape Town, South African
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Castle of Good Hope

Summary

Castle of Good Hope is a star fort[1]. It draws 277 Wikipedia views per month (star_fort category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Castle of Good Hope is located in City of Cape Town[3].
  • Castle of Good Hope is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Castle of Good Hope's image is recorded as Castle of Good Hope Entrance (1682).jpg[5].
  • Castle of Good Hope's instance of is recorded as star fort[6].
  • Castle of Good Hope's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 235671557[7].
  • Castle of Good Hope's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001001187[8].
  • Castle of Good Hope's IdRef ID is recorded as 07442372X[9].
  • Castle of Good Hope's part of is recorded as Iziko Museums of South Africa[10].
  • Castle of Good Hope's Commons category is recorded as Castle of Good Hope[11].
  • +1666-01-02T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Castle of Good Hope[12].
  • Castle of Good Hope's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -33.925908, 'lon': 18.427725}[13].
  • Castle of Good Hope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b3_0m[14].
  • Castle of Good Hope's parent organization or unit is recorded as Iziko Museums of South Africa[15].
  • Castle of Good Hope's official website is recorded as https://castleofgoodhope.co.za/[16].
  • Castle of Good Hope's described by source is recorded as Historic Houses of South Africa[17].
  • Castle of Good Hope's described by source is recorded as Starforts[18].
  • Castle of Good Hope's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Castle-of-Good-Hope[19].
  • Castle of Good Hope's heritage designation is recorded as provincial heritage site[20].
  • Castle of Good Hope's heritage designation is recorded as national heritage site of South Africa[21].
  • Castle of Good Hope's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7303362[22].
  • Castle of Good Hope's SAHRA heritage site ID is recorded as 920180056[23].
  • Castle of Good Hope's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of the Castle of Good Hope[24].
  • Castle of Good Hope's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007293528305171[25].
  • Castle of Good Hope's image of entrance is recorded as At Cape Town (MP) 2018 011.jpg[26].
  • Castle of Good Hope's model image is recorded as Castle of Good Hope - model of the castle in 1710-90.jpg[27].

Why It Matters

Castle of Good Hope draws 277 Wikipedia views per month (star_fort category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Historic Houses of South Africa. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . sahris.sahra.org.za. sahris.sahra.org.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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