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Lion Gate

main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae
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Summary

Lion Gate is a city gate[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of city gate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,359 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Argos-Mykines Municipality[3]
  • Country: Greece[4]
  • Genre: Mycenaean Greece[5]
  • Architectural style: Cyclopean masonry[6]
  • Location: Mycenae[7]
  • Part of: Fortifications of Mycenae[8]
  • Commons category: Lion Gate (Mycenae)[9]
  • Inception: 1250 BC[10], 1300 BC[11]
  • Described at URL: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=13401[12]
  • Heritage designation: archaeological site in Greece[13]
  • Title: Lion Gate, Mycenae[14]
  • Culture: Mycenaean Greece[15]

Why It Matters

Lion Gate has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Greece

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 37.730808333333, 'lon': 22.7564}
    Culture → Mycenaean Greece
    Instance of → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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