catacombs

subterranean passageways used as burial place
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catacombs

Summary

catacombs ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,130 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • catacombs's religion is recorded as Christianity[2].
  • catacombs's religion is recorded as paganism[3].
  • catacombs is a type of cemetery[4].
  • catacombs is a type of archaeological site[5].
  • catacombs is a type of underground structure[6].
  • catacombs's Commons category is recorded as Catacombs[7].
  • catacombs comprises tomb[8].
  • catacombs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Catacombs[9].
  • catacombs's Commons gallery is recorded as Catacombs[10].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18].
  • catacombs's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cemetery[4], archaeological site[5], and underground structure[6].

Use and Application

catacombs comprises tomb[8].

Why It Matters

catacombs ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,130 views/month).[1] catacombs has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] catacombs is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Subclass of cemetery, archaeological site, underground structure
    Has part(s) tomb
    Religion or worldview Christianity, paganism
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14115, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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