Heraclea Pontica

Summary

Heraclea Pontica is an archaeological site^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Heraclea Pontica is located in Karadeniz Ereğli^[3].
• Heraclea Pontica is located in Zonguldak Province^[4].
• Heraclea Pontica is in the country of Turkey^[5].
• Heraclea Pontica's image is recorded as Heraclea-Pontica.png^[6].
• Heraclea Pontica's image is recorded as An ancient Greek colony Chersonesos (2005-08-070) (186658508).jpg^[7].
• Heraclea Pontica's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[8].
• Heraclea Pontica's instance of is recorded as polis^[9].
• Heraclea Pontica's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144386318^[10].
• Heraclea Pontica's GND ID is recorded as 4024439-8^[11].
• Heraclea Pontica's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n91103547^[12].
• Heraclea Pontica's Commons category is recorded as Heraclea Pontica^[13].
• -0558-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Heraclea Pontica^[14].
• Heraclea Pontica's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.284722222222, 'lon': 31.414722222222}^[15].
• Heraclea Pontica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013_kf^[16].
• Heraclea Pontica's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Black Sea Region^[17].
• Heraclea Pontica's significant event is recorded as Siege of Heraclea^[18].
• Heraclea Pontica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heraclea Pontica^[19].
• Heraclea Pontica's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0032425^[20].
• Heraclea Pontica's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[21].
• Heraclea Pontica's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Heraclea Pontica's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[23].
• Heraclea Pontica's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[24].
• Heraclea Pontica's category for people born here is recorded as Q21088133^[25].
• Heraclea Pontica's category for people who died here is recorded as Q65618581^[26].
• Heraclea Pontica's GeoNames ID is recorded as 747471^[27].

Body

Founding

-0558-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Heraclea Pontica^[14].

Why It Matters

Heraclea Pontica ranks in the top 5% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]