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Heptapyrgion

fortress and former prison in Thessaloniki, Greece
Organization fortress Q1572213
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Summary

Heptapyrgion is a fortress[1]. Heptapyrgion draws 756 Wikipedia views per month (fortress category, ranking #40 of 351).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Thessaloniki Municipality[3]
  • Country: Greece[4]
  • Instance of: prison[5]
  • Architectural style: Byzantine architecture[6]
  • Location: Upper Town[7]
  • Part of: Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki[8]
  • Commons category: Heptapyrgion[9]

Why It Matters

Heptapyrgion has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] Heptapyrgion is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Greece

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Thessaloniki Municipality
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'mk', 'ru', 'tr', 'uk', 'z
    Gnd id → 1085169677
    Instance of → fortress, prison
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
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