Maiden Tower

12th-century monument in the Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan
Place tower Q842822
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Maiden Tower

Summary

Maiden Tower is a tower[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of tower entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Maiden Tower is located in Old City of Baku[3].
  • Maiden Tower is located in Baku[4].
  • Maiden Tower is in the country of Azerbaijan[5].
  • Maiden Tower's image is recorded as Baku Maiden Tower 004 7736.jpg[6].
  • Maiden Tower's instance of is recorded as tower[7].
  • Maiden Tower's instance of is recorded as monument[8].
  • Maiden Tower's architectural style is recorded as Shirvan-Absheron architectural school[9].
  • Maiden Tower's made from material is recorded as stone[10].
  • Maiden Tower's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2016002853[11].
  • Maiden Tower's part of is recorded as Old City of Baku[12].
  • Maiden Tower's part of is recorded as Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and Maiden Tower[13].
  • Maiden Tower's Commons category is recorded as Maiden Tower, Baku[14].
  • +1200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Maiden Tower[15].
  • Maiden Tower's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.366166666667, 'lon': 49.83725}[16].
  • Maiden Tower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_ks0[17].
  • Maiden Tower's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 958-002[18].
  • Maiden Tower's described by source is recorded as Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia[19].
  • Maiden Tower's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Qız qalası'}[20].
  • Maiden Tower's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+29.5'}[21].
  • Maiden Tower's image of design plans is recorded as Jungfrauenbastei.png[22].
  • Maiden Tower's Golden ID is recorded as Maiden_Tower_(Baku)-JNPG3X[23].
  • Maiden Tower's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of the Maiden Tower[24].
  • Maiden Tower's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as maiden-tower[25].
  • Maiden Tower's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007401891605171[26].
  • Maiden Tower's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from the Maiden Tower[27].

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Geography

Maiden Tower is in the country of Azerbaijan[5]. Located in include Old City of Baku[3], an old town[28], in Azerbaijan[29], founded in 1200[30] and Baku[4], a şəhər[31], in Russian Empire[32]. Part of include Old City of Baku[12], an old town[33], in Azerbaijan[34], founded in 1200[35] and Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and it[13], a group[36], in Azerbaijan[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include tower[7] and monument[8].

History and Context

+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Maiden Tower[15].

Why It Matters

Maiden Tower ranks in the top 4% of tower entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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