Ortygia

Summary

Ortygia is an island^[1]. Ortygia ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ortygia is located in Syracuse^[3].
• Ortygia is in the country of Italy^[4].
• Ortygia is on the body of water Ionian Sea^[5].
• Ortygia's image is recorded as Siracuse OrtigiaSeafront 010 2007.jpg^[6].
• Ortygia's instance of is recorded as island^[7].
• Ortygia's instance of is recorded as old town^[8].
• Ortygia's instance of is recorded as neighborhood^[9].
• Ortygia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 169586687^[10].
• Ortygia's GND ID is recorded as 4679341-0^[11].
• Ortygia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2011020161^[12].
• Ortygia's postal code is recorded as 96100^[13].
• Ortygia's part of is recorded as Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica^[14].
• Ortygia's Commons category is recorded as Ortigia^[15].
• Ortygia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[16].
• Ortygia's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[17].
• Ortygia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.061, 'lon': 15.2945}^[18].
• Ortygia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08b5pt^[19].
• Ortygia's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1200-003^[20].
• Ortygia's page banner is recorded as Seafront at Ortygia WV.jpg^[21].
• Ortygia's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4269'}^[22].
• Ortygia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Ortygia's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Ortygia^[24].
• Ortygia's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[25].
• Ortygia's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2523952^[26].
• Ortygia's Pleiades ID is recorded as 462402^[27].

Body

Geography

Ortygia is in the country of Italy^[4]. Ortygia is located in Syracuse^[3]. Ortygia is on the body of water Ionian Sea^[5]. Ortygia's part of is recorded as Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica^[14].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1'}^[28], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+56.64'}^[29], and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+945.25'}^[30]. Ortygia's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4269'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include island^[7], old town^[8], and neighborhood^[9]. Ortygia's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[25].

Why It Matters

Ortygia ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).^[2] Ortygia has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Ortygia is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]