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Hippodamian Plan

type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid
Class type of: plan Q1256511

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
type of plan, scheme or program
Subclass of
plan[4]
Part of
urban planning[5]
Discoverer or inventor
Hippodamus of Miletus[2]
Has characteristic
right angle[9]
Inspired by
isonomy[7]
Named after
Hippodamus of Miletus[3]
Shape
grid[8]
Time of discovery or invention
2600 BC[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en grid planning en grid street plan en street grid en grid plan en gridiron plan en grid plans en grid plannings en Hippodamian Plan ar تخطيط مصبعي de Hippodamische System de Hippodamisches Schema es Trazado hipodámico. es Hipodamica es Hipodámica es Trazado hipodamico es Planta hipodámica es Planta hipodamica es Damero es Plano hipodámico es Plano hipodamico
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2017003558
GND ID
1191539512
OpenAlex ID
C3018572313
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300166368
BBC Things ID
55ef6f1d-6311-49f2-9f0f-1b6c4fa4a924
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/gridiron-plan
FAST ID
1983224
Freebase ID
/m/0yxmf
J9U entity ID
987007405764505171
Yale LUX ID
concept/096f87bc-4571-41eb-973d-6b2d2df0c50d

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Hippodamus of Miletus
Examples 1
Pla Cerdá
Has characteristic 1
right angle
Inspired by 1
isonomy
Named after 1
Hippodamus of Miletus
Part of 1
urban planning
Subclass of 1
plan
← Has characteristic 1
Maxvorstadt
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Summary

Hippodamian Plan is a type of plan, scheme or program[1].

Related Entities

Hippodamus of Miletus urban planning

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Hippodamus of Miletus
    Part of → urban planning
    Instance of → type of plan, scheme or program
    Subclass of → plan
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007405764505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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