Knossos

ancient Minoan through Roman administrative center and city
Organization organized_archaeological_site Q173527
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Knossos

Summary

Knossos is an organized archaeological site[1]. Knossos draws 1,656 Wikipedia views per month (organized_archaeological_site category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Knossos is located in Heraklion Municipality[3].
  • Knossos is in the country of Greece[4].
  • Knossos's image is recorded as Knossos - North Portico 02.jpg[5].
  • Knossos's instance of is recorded as organized archaeological site[6].
  • Knossos's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[7].
  • Knossos's instance of is recorded as polis[8].
  • Knossos's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316431225[9].
  • Knossos's GND ID is recorded as 4031362-1[10].
  • Knossos's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85072723[11].
  • Knossos's Commons category is recorded as Knossos[12].
  • Knossos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[13].
  • Knossos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[14].
  • Knossos's has part is recorded as Palace of Knossos[15].
  • -7000-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Knossos[16].
  • Knossos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.297961111111, 'lon': 25.163155555556}[17].
  • Knossos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ksnn[18].
  • Knossos's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge423013[19].
  • Knossos's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Crete[20].
  • Knossos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Knossos[21].
  • Knossos's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX462321[22].
  • Knossos's described at URL is recorded as http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2369[23].
  • Knossos's described at URL is recorded as http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=716[24].
  • Knossos's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+611455'}[25].
  • Knossos's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+634710'}[26].
  • Knossos's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+855663'}[27].

Body

Founding

-7000-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Knossos[16].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Knossos include Gnossiennes[28], a musical series[29].

Why It Matters

Knossos draws 1,656 Wikipedia views per month (organized_archaeological_site category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Knossos has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Knossos is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Knossos include Gnossiennes[28], a musical series[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . etravelnews.gr. etravelnews.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . etravelnews.gr. etravelnews.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . etravelnews.gr. etravelnews.gr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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