Paestum

ancient Greek city in present-day village Paestum, Italy
Organization ancient_city Q329967
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Paestum

Summary

Paestum is an ancient city[1]. Paestum ranks in the top 3% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,557 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paestum is located in Capaccio Paestum[3].
  • Paestum is located in Paestum[4].
  • Paestum is in the country of Italy[5].
  • Paestum's instance of is recorded as ancient city[6].
  • Paestum's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Paestum's instance of is recorded as Ancient Greek archaeological site[8].
  • Paestum's instance of is recorded as polis[9].
  • Paestum took place at Paestum[10].
  • Paestum's Commons category is recorded as Paestum[11].
  • Paestum's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[12].
  • Paestum's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[13].
  • 600 BC marks the founding of Paestum[14].
  • Paestum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.42, 'lon': 15.005555555556}[15].
  • Paestum's official website is recorded as https://parchipaestumvelia.cultura.gov.it/[16].
  • Paestum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paestum (ancient city)[17].
  • Paestum's Commons gallery is recorded as Paestum[18].
  • Paestum's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
  • Paestum's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[20].
  • Paestum's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • Paestum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Paestum's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[23].
  • Paestum's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Zwölfter Band[24].
  • Paestum's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[25].
  • Paestum's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Paestum'}[26].
  • Paestum's different from is recorded as Paestum[27].

Body

Founding

600 BC marks the founding of Paestum[14].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Paestum include Capaccio Paestum[28], a comune of Italy[29], in Italy[30].

Why It Matters

Paestum ranks in the top 3% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,557 views/month).[2] Paestum has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Paestum is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Paestum include Capaccio Paestum[28], a comune of Italy[29], in Italy[30].

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. [9] . Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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
  2. [30] . 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. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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